We evaluated four interventions for malnutrition enteropathy in a multi-centre phase II multi-arm trial in Zambia and Zimbabwe and completed in 2021. The purpose of this trial was to identify therapies which could be taken forward into phase III trials. Children of either sex were eligible for ...
We evaluated four interventions for malnutrition enteropathy in a multi-centre phase II multi-arm trial in Zambia and Zimbabwe and completed in 2021. The purpose of this trial was to identify therapies which could be taken forward into phase III trials. Children of either sex were eligible for ...
Much of the rest of the region isheading in the same direction, apart from a few ofthe very poorest countriessuch as Chad and Mali. In Zambia, for example, 35% of women and 20% of men are overweight,___(mean)th...
The Role of Selenium in Human Immunity. Med J Zambia. 2014;41(4):181–5. Google Scholar Baum K, Shor-Posner G, Lai S, Zhang G, Lai H, Fletcher MA, et al. High Risk of HIV-Related Mortality Is Associated With Selenium Deficiency. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1997;15(5):370–...
——The Economist January 30th 2021 Every Wednesday women (in villages around Monze, Zambia,) meet to swap recipes. Tables are lined up in a shady spot, covered in fluorescent mats and piled with tupperware. Each dish is introduced alongside its health benefits: porridge with moringa powder is...
Risk factors for postdischarge mortality following hospitalization for severe acute malnutrition in Zimbabwe and Zambiamortalitypostdischargesevere acute malnutritionHIVARTAfricaBackground: Children discharged from hospital following management of complicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have a high risk of ...
Notably, some of the outcomes from mixed analyses on reducing stunting have provided extremely useful insights into the individual, household, community, and macro level drivers of change [27] in several countries, e.g., Bangladesh, Nepal, Senegal, and Zambia [28]. In the context of economic...
Fourteen studies published between 2006 and 2021 met the inclusion criteria. Five were conducted in South Africa [17,18,19,28,29], two in Zimbabwe [30,31] and one each in Zambia [32], Tanzania [33], Madagascar [34], Malawi [35], Namibia [36] and Botswana [37]. One study was car...
data at baseline, three and six-months post intervention while the data collected were analyzed using generalized estimating equation (GEE). The outcome of the baseline shows no statistically significant difference in sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge, attitude and food security between experimental...
Three studies, one each from Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Malawi, were included. In all studies, the RUTF used in the intervention group was milk-free soya–maize–sorghum-based RUTF. The pooled results showed that, compared to the control group, a high iron content in ...