TITLE:
Assessment of the Efficacy Therapeutic Milk in Prevention the Complications of Sever Acute Malnutrition in Children 6 - 59 Months at Therapeutic Feeding Center in Public Hospitals in Hodeida City—Yemen
AUTHORS:
Hanaa Abduh Heba Mohsen Ebrah, Nadia Abdlrahim Khogali Salih
KEYWORDS:
Hodeida, Malnutrition, TFC, SAM, Complication, Children, Therapeutic Milk
JOURNAL NAME:
Food and Nutrition Sciences,
Vol.12 No.1,
January
28,
2021
ABSTRACT: Severe acute malnutrition with medical complications is one of the most
common causes of morbidity and mortality among children under the age of 5
years. Which can be management by given Therapeutic milk, it is available only
at inpatient center at hospitals. When staff and mother managed adequately, the
therapeutic milk has highly effective in treating severe malnutrition and
prevent any complications that can be developing. So,
this study aims to Assess of the Efficacy of Therapeutic milk in Prevention
Complications of Severe acute malnutrition 6 - 59 months at therapeutic feeding
center. Descriptive, Cross-Sectional, Hospital-based study design was used to conduct the study.
The study was carried out at Organization of AL Thora public Hospital at Hodeida
city in Yemen. Total coverage 200 children 6 - 59 months of age have Sever
Acute Malnutrition with complication which was 14 medical complications and
admitted at Therapeutics Feeding Center. Three research tools which used for
data collection. The structured face to face Interview questionnaire,
anthropometric measurements, and the Structure Observation Check list. The
results showed that, the obvious reduction of complication when the Comparison
at admission, 1st week and 2nd week are (40.9% to 18% to 7.6%). There is highly
statistically significant relationship between the therapeutic feeding which was given, resolution the
complication at 1st week and 2nd week at p d to Outpatient therapeutic to complete nutritional
program. The study concluded that the therapeutic milk which provides in Therapeutic Feeding
Center only have highly effective in treating medical complication of sever
acute malnutrition in children 6 - 59 months.