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Criteria for deciding on treatment and management options
Let’s try to identify who should be managed in the community and who in the hospital.
Q. Identify where each child should be managed. Visit the Community to see the children’s personal and social information. Click each child graphic to see his/her photo.
Name:Kofi
Age: 4 yrs 6 mnth(s)
Sex: male
MUAC: 133.0mm
Weight-for-height: Normal
Age: 4 yrs 6 mnth(s)
Sex: male
MUAC: 133.0mm
Weight-for-height: Normal
Name: Paula
Age: 6 mnth(s)
Sex: female
MUAC: 126.0mm
Weight-for-length: between -1SD and -2SD
Age: 6 mnth(s)
Sex: female
MUAC: 126.0mm
Weight-for-length: between -1SD and -2SD
Name: Sheema
Age: 2 yrs 0 mnth(s)
Sex: female
Weight-for-length: <-3SD
No appetite
Age: 2 yrs 0 mnth(s)
Sex: female
Weight-for-length: <-3SD
No appetite
Name: Tomo
Age: 5 mnth(s)
Sex: male
Weight-for-length: <-3SD
Age: 5 mnth(s)
Sex: male
Weight-for-length: <-3SD
Go back to the Unit menu and continue Section 2 to learn about the community based management
including its principles and components.
including its principles and components.
Please complete the question.
