Factors associated with child survival in children admitted to outpatient therapeutic program at public health institutions in Afar Regional State, Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study

Abstract Introduction About 20 million children suffer from severe acute malnutrition each year. The World Health Organization recommends the outpatient therapeutic program as a standard treatment protocol for the management of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition and for children who are transfe...

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Main Authors: Misgan Legesse Liben, Abel Gebre Wuneh, Reda Shamie, Kiros G/her
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41043-019-0193-1