Implementing the WHO guidelines for severe malnutrition: why do some hospitals succeed but others do not?

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2023

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University of the Western Cape

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Background: Malnutrition is an important cause of child death in hospitals in developing countries. Causes partly include inappropriate treatment. WHO has developed guidelines to improve the quality of in-patient care. A program of training, support and advocacy to implement the guidelines has been initiated in the poorest region of South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, which has a high HIV prevalence and is one of the most under-resourced provinces.

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malnutrition, world health organization, child death, hospitals, Eastern Cape

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Puaone, T., Ashworth, A., and Sanders, D. (n.d). Implementing the WHO guidelines for severe malnutrition: why do some hospitals succeed but others do not?. University of the Western Cape School of Public Health