The population in Northwest Syria is 5.1 million, 4.2 million of which are in need of assistance. Among them, 3.6 million are food-insecure, 3.4 million are internally displaced, and 2 million are living in camps. From 2014
Wasting, or acute malnutrition, is deadly. Children with severe forms of wasting are nearly 12 times more likely to die than well-nourished children. Severe wasting accounts for more than 1 million child deaths each year, and
Go Baby Go! and Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) – An integrated model from World Vision International Go Baby Go! is a parenting programme focused on psychosocial stimulation and care for children aged
World Vision was an early adopter of the Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) approach, starting in Niger in 2005, and began consolidated tracking of CMAM programming data in 2010. Since that time, more
World Vision has adopted the community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) approach as one of our core models for addressing child malnutrition. CMAM is an internationally accepted model endorsed by the World Health
Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) is a decentralised community-based approach to treating acute malnutrition. Treatment is matched to the nutritional and clinical needs of the child, with the majority
Mobile Technology to improve treatment, reporting, and monitoring for acute malnutrition
Poster presented at IUNS International Congress of Nutrition, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 2017
Authors:
World Vision: Colleen
mHealth for acute malnutrition in five countries: key lessons learned
Oral presentation on mHealth for Acute Malnutrition at ICT4D in Hyderabad, India, May 2017
Speaker: Colleen Emary, World Vision International
Development and pilot of mHealth application to improve the treatment, monitoring and supply chain management for acute malnutrition Poster presented at Action Against Hunger/Action Contre la Faim (ACF) Research for Nutrition
Experience in the development and roll out of mHealth application for acute malnutrition programming
Poster presentation at Global Nutrition Cluster Meetings in Amman, Jordan in October 2016
Authors:
World Vision: Colleen
World Vision presented this poster at ACF's conference on Severe Acute Malnutrition held in the UK in 2013.
In the face of the increasing demand for RUTF in the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and businesses approaching WV for the use of their RUTF products in the field, WV needs to exercise due diligence when
World Vision implemented an innovative CMAM project in Angola using Community Health Activists, based on the Community Case Management approach. Very few projects to date have implemented CMAM using a Community Case
