Background: Globally, moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) and severe acute
malnutrition (SAM) affect approximately 52 million children under five. This
systematic review evaluates the effectiveness of interventions for SAM including the
World Health Organization (WHO) protocol for inpatient management and community-based
management with ... read moreready-to-use-therapeutic food (RUTF), as well as interventions for
MAM in children under five years in low- and middle-income
countries.
Lenters, Lindsey, Kerri Wazny, Patrick Webb, Tahmeed Ahmed,
and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta. "Treatment of severe and moderate acute malnutrition in low-
and middle-income settings: a systematic review, meta-analysis and Delphi process."
BMC Public Health 13, no. 1 (9, 2013): 1-15.