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Severe acute malnutrition

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2013

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Intensive medical treatment of severe acute malnutrition can substantially reduce case mortality from the 30% to the 4% range.

However, community-based management using fortified ready-to-eat foods for all but the most severe cases offers a better overall public health solution.

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Arbor Clinical Nutrition Updates , Volume 297 , November 2008 , pp. 1 - 3
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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