Nutrition and care for children with wasting
Wasting is the most immediate, visible and life-threatening form of malnutrition. It results from the failure to prevent malnutrition among the most vulnerable children. Children with wasting are too thin and their immune systems are weak, leaving them vulnerable to developmental delays, disease and death. Some children affected by wasting also…, Resources, Publisher Title UNICEF Famine Prevention and Mitigation, UNICEF Position Paper UNICEF No Time To Waste. Improving diets, services and practices for the prevention, early detection and treatment of wasting in early childhood UNICEF Child Nutrition UNICEF Nutrition Data WHO, WFP, SCN, UNICEF WHO, WFP, SCN and UNICEF Joint Statement on Community-…, UNICEF’s response, When efforts to prevent malnutrition fall short, early detection and treatment of children with wasting and other life-threatening forms of malnutrition are critical to save their lives and put them on the path to healthy growth and development. In most cases, children with wasting can be treated with Nutrition ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF…