Outpatient management of severe acute malnutrition among children under five years old, in Yemen: a retrospective cohort study

Length of stay to recover from severe acute malnutrition and associated factors among under-five years children admitted to public hospitals in Aksum, Ethiopia

“…The overall rate of recovery from SAM was found to be 56%, that is consistent with findings from Debrebrhan University that revealed 55.9% rate of recovery [37]. It is significantly higher than that of Ayder hospital (11) other similar studies from Bahirdar [13,35], Ghana [20] and Yemen [36]. Nevertheless, it is by greater margin below the minimum international standards [15], in comparison with other study findings in Ethiopia [1,8,24,25,[27][28][29][30][31][32] and similar reports from India, Malawi and Uganda [34,[37][38][39] as well.…”

“…But this finding is far less than the report from Sidama zone Shebedino district of southern Ethiopia [29] which found the median LOS of 36 days. It is also lower than several studies conducted in the Ethiopia [1,8,11,24,32] and that of Yemen [36]. However, the median LOS is higher than some study reports from some parts of Ethiopia [25,26,33], Ghana [20] and India [37].…”

“…This might be due to the relatively higher rate of transfer out to nearby health facility, which probably would be to prevent patient overload since one of the study area (AKU-CSH) is the only referral hospital in this particular study area. Almost a quarter (22.2%) of patients were transferred out to nearby health facility that is above other recently reported study findings in Ethiopia [1,13,25,27,35] Ghana [20], Uganda [34] and Yemen [36].…”

Maternal under-nutrition and anaemia factors associated with low birth weight babies in Yemen

“…In March 2015, the poor country has expressed a civil armed conflict, spread to 21 of the 22 Yemen's Governorates, contributing to the worsening of the health and humanitarian situation, has left a total of 14.42 million on food insecure status (including 7.6 million severely food insecure), 19.33 million lack adequate access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene, nearly 320,000 children are severely malnourished, and 15.2 million people on need for basic health services, including more than 522,000 pregnant women (constituting 15%), of whom are more prone to higher risk pregnancies. [19][20][21] UNICEF, World Food Program (WFP) and governmental and non-governmental organizations have responded to health and nutrition needs, formulated and strengthen the 2016 Country Annual Plan (CAP) with a goal of reducing child and maternal morbidity and mortality from preventable disease, including malnutrition. However, The principal interventions of the outlined goal require health and nutrition programs targeted on the basis of vulnerability, risk factors and burden.…”

Gaps in the Process of Case Detection, Reporting and Feedback of Severe Acute Malnutrition Program in Three Governorates in Yemen: A Quantitative Study

“…A descriptive cross-sectional hospital based study was conducted on 622 hospitalized children (336 males and 286 females) below 6 years of age during 2012-2013 in aden. SAM was diagnosed in 622 children with prevalence rate of 5.2% from total 11,941 admissions during 24 months period [10]. The outcome indicators of 303 hospitalized children at age group 6-59 months in Mukalla hospital in Hadramout were studied in 2013; the study show recovered 31 (10.2%), died 10 (3.3%), transferred 19 (6.3%), defaulted 243 (80.2%) and median stay of children in program were 40 days [11].…”