Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) is a measurement of the nutritional status of a population that is often used in protracted refugee situations. Along...

Malnutrition occurs when an organism gets too few or too many nutrients, resulting in health problems. Specifically, it is a deficiency, excess, or imbalance...

showed that about 33.7% of civilians in West Darfur suffered from global acute malnutrition, as well as 29.4% of children tested in the Zamzam IDP camp and...

computational biology General Aggression Model Generalized additive model Global Acute Malnutrition Gravity-assisted microdissection Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo, a Guatemalan...

Famine scales Global Acute Malnutrition "Protocol 2.2: Compare evidence against the IPC Acute Food Insecurity Reference Table". IPC Global Platform. Retrieved...

and coordinating action to reduce malnutrition. According to the World Food Programme, 135 million suffer from acute hunger, largely due to manmade conflicts...

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a sudden inflammation of the pancreas. Causes include a gallstone impacted in the common bile duct or the pancreatic duct,...

children under three years old are underweight. One of the major causes for malnutrition in India is economic inequality. Due to the low economic status of some...

Repeat infections are typically seen in areas with poor sanitation, and malnutrition. Stunted growth and long-term cognitive delays can result. Reactive arthritis...

acute malnutrition and 500,000 children under five years old are suffering from severe acute malnutrition. A study shows that global acute malnutrition (GAM)...

actors operating at the global or regional level, an increasingly commonly used metric for food insecurity is the IPC scale. Acute hunger is typically used...

generalized edema: Malnutrition Malabsorption Renal affection Liver cell failure Right side heart failure Angioedema It is unclear whether or not acute proliferative...

exhibit stunting, underweight, and wasting. Children with severe acute malnutrition are very thin, but they often also have swollen hands and feet, making...

3: Famine. Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Global Acute Malnutrition S. Lautze, Y. Aklilu, A. Raven-Roberts, H. Young, G. Kebede, J...

Infections. The Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) for Nakivale in 2013 was 2.9% (with critical being more than 15%) and Severe Acute Malnutrition rate was negligible...

months found that 4.9% were suffering from Global Acute Malnutrition and 1.5% from Severe Acute Malnutrition. X. Blaes. "Découpage administratif de la...

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a type of respiratory failure characterized by rapid onset of widespread inflammation in the lungs. Symptoms...

125mm corresponds to Global Acute Malnutrition and MUAC < 115mm with or without Oedema corresponds to Severe Acute Malnutrition. The various measures...

Care of these children must also include careful management of their malnutrition and treatment of other infections. Useful signs of dehydration include...

counties, of which 14 exceeded the emergency action threshold of 15% acute malnutrition. The World Food Programme carried out relief operations throughout...

except maybe in those with severe malnutrition such as marasmus. Probiotics do not show evidence of preventing acute otitis media in children. Oral and...

a peanut-based paste in a plastic wrapper for treatment of severe acute malnutrition manufactured by Nutriset, a French company. Feeding with the 92-gram...

pancreas. Globally, in 2015 about 8.9 million cases of pancreatitis occurred. This resulted in 132,700 deaths, up from 83,000 deaths in 1990. Acute pancreatitis...

treatment of severe acute malnutrition, now used by all major humanitarian aid organizations to treat acute malnutrition. As a result, the global mortality rate...

food security, or a poor understanding of nutritional requirements. Malnutrition and its consequences are large contributors to deaths, physical deformities...

and low levels of vitamin A among the population. The rates of Global Acute Malnutrition were above the World Health Organization (WHO) crisis level but...

high rates of malnutrition in Akobo, South Sudan. With a Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) level of 45.7% and a severe acute malnutrition (SAM) level of...

career, I have never seen such an alarmingly high prevalence of Global Acute Malnutrition anywhere ... The data clearly indicates that in Panyijar, the...

of malnutrition that occurred after 24 months of a child's life are by contrast largely reversible. Concern Worldwide & Welthungerhilfe. "Global Hunger...

including maize, cassava, or rice. Kwashiorkor is a type of severe acute malnutrition (SAM). SAM is a category, composed of two conditions: marasmus and...