topic: Malnutrition

Jharkhand: Fighting malnutrition alongside local communities
A mother looks on as her child is measured with a MUAC tape for symptoms of malnutrition at Pusalota health centre.
Jharkhand: “I was a teenage mother with the same story”
One year old triplets, Haniya, Iftikhar and Taha were successfully treated at MSF newborn unit in Dera Murad Jamali, district Nasserbad. The babies were brought to MSF medical facility with low birth weight. Photo: Nasir Ghafoor/MSF
Pakistan: “I suddenly found myself treating my own premature triplets”
An MSF outreach team screening for malnutrition in the Somalia region last year
Ethiopia: MSF sees tenfold increase in children with malnutrition in Doolo zone
More than 27,000 displaced people from Waat and Yuai live in Pieri and the surrounding villages with very little access to food, water, shelter and basic services. Photo: Amandine Colin/MSF
South Sudan: Thousands at risk of cholera and malnutrition after fleeing attacks in Yuai and Waat
In April, during a measles vaccination campaign, MSF evaluated malnutrition in 5,700 children under five in ten of these settlements. Photo: Candida Lobes/MSF
DRC: Malnutrition and disease ravage the settlements around Kalémie
Dr Ram at MSF’s car workshop in Bhadrachalam. Tata Sumos are vital to MSF’s mobile clinics, allowing our staff to reach hard-to-access locales. They also serve as ambulances to transport the ill.
Going the extra mile
Sami Siva
Severe Acute Malnutrition is more than just a socio-economic problem – it is a medical condition that needs urgent attention.
In #Bihar ,MSF has been running a malnutrition project based on the Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) model since 2009. © Alfons Rodriguez
A Step Closer to Effective Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Bihar
Doctors Without Borders inspired me to do more – Zahid Shafi Ansari