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Community-based Management for Acute Malnutrition (CMAM)
Principles of CMAM
The principles of CMAM are timely management, maximum access and coverage of treatment, and provision of appropriate medical care and nutritional rehabilitation. Click each principle on the right for further information.
1) Timely management:
This includes finding children with malnutrition before it becomes serious and medical complications arise. To enable this, there should be good community outreach for early case detection, effective screening and timely referral.
This includes finding children with malnutrition before it becomes serious and medical complications arise. To enable this, there should be good community outreach for early case detection, effective screening and timely referral.
2) Maximum access and coverage of treatment:
The aim is to make treatment available to all children with malnutrition in a.population.
The aim is to make treatment available to all children with malnutrition in a.population.
3) Appropriate medical care and nutritional rehabilitation:
The aim is to provide an integrated service of effective community care for those who can be treated at home, and inpatient care for those who have complications.
The aim is to provide an integrated service of effective community care for those who can be treated at home, and inpatient care for those who have complications.
4) Care for as long as needed:
The aim is to reduce barriers to access and prevent relapse of malnutrition. CMAM ensures that SAM children are provided treatment until they recover.
The aim is to reduce barriers to access and prevent relapse of malnutrition. CMAM ensures that SAM children are provided treatment until they recover.
Timely management
Maximum access and coverage of treatment
Appropriate medical care and nutritional rehabilitation
Care for as long as needed
Click next and find out how CMAM is organised to support the principles.
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