Z Shams1, R Zachariah2, D A Enarson3, S Satyanarayana4, R Van den Bergh2, E Ali2, P Alders2, M Manzi2, M Allaouna2, B Draguez2, P Delchevalerie2, L Vernaeve1, A D Harries5. 1. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Kamrangirchar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2. MSF-Operational Centre Brussels, Medical Department, Operational Research Unit, Luxembourg, Luxembourg. 3. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), Paris, France. 4. The Union, South-East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India. 5. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), Paris, France ; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Abstract
SETTING: An urban slum in Kamrangirchar, Bangladesh. OBJECTIVES: Among children aged 6-59 months seeking medical care from the two Médecins Sans Frontières-supported primary health centres, to determine 1) the prevalence of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and severe chronic malnutrition (SCM), and 2) the extent of overlap between SAM and SCM. DESIGN: In a retrospective record review, data were analysed from out-patient registers on age, sex, height, weight and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) of children attending for medical care from April to September 2011. SAM was defined as weight for height < -3 Z scores of the median and/or MUAC <115 mm. SCM was defined as height for age < -3 Z scores of the median. World Health Organization growth standards were used as reference. RESULTS: Data were complete in the records of 7318 (98%) children, of whom 322 (4%) had SAM and 1698 (23%) had SCM. Among the 322 children with SAM, 162 (50%) also had SCM. CONCLUSION: In an urban Bangladesh slum, SAM and SCM co-exist, with a predominance of SCM. The current national guidelines for severe malnutrition, which focus on identification and management only for SAM, urgently need to be expanded to include SCM if substantial childhood morbidity and mortality are to be reduced.
SETTING: An urban slum in Kamrangirchar, Bangladesh. OBJECTIVES: Among children aged 6-59 months seeking medical care from the two Médecins Sans Frontières-supported primary health centres, to determine 1) the prevalence of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and severe chronic malnutrition (SCM), and 2) the extent of overlap between SAM and SCM. DESIGN: In a retrospective record review, data were analysed from out-patient registers on age, sex, height, weight and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) of children attending for medical care from April to September 2011. SAM was defined as weight for height < -3 Z scores of the median and/or MUAC <115 mm. SCM was defined as height for age < -3 Z scores of the median. World Health Organization growth standards were used as reference. RESULTS: Data were complete in the records of 7318 (98%) children, of whom 322 (4%) had SAM and 1698 (23%) had SCM. Among the 322 children with SAM, 162 (50%) also had SCM. CONCLUSION: In an urban Bangladesh slum, SAM and SCM co-exist, with a predominance of SCM. The current national guidelines for severe malnutrition, which focus on identification and management only for SAM, urgently need to be expanded to include SCM if substantial childhood morbidity and mortality are to be reduced.
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Bangladesh; children; operational research; severe acute malnutrition; severe chronic malnutrition; urban slum
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