Sustainable decline in mortality among severely malnourished children with local resources.
Sustainability of survival among malnourished children is a challenge. Over a period of four years, we achieved a significant decline in mortality, using locally available food, medicines and simple protocols.
Daga
S R
SR
Department of Paediatrics, The Cama and Albless Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. subhashdaga@yahoo.com
Verma
Bela
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Mhapankar
Abhijit
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D002648:Child; D006295:Health Resources / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015996:Survival Rate