MALNUTRITION, CHILD

This study is checking how safe a special IV nutrition formula called SMOFlipid is for preventing two problems in patients who need long-term IV feeding: liver damage and essential fatty acid deficiency. It will include 100 patients from 1 month old to adults who are expected to …

This study aims to find out if adding an antibiotic to standard nutritional therapy helps young children with severe, uncomplicated malnutrition recover faster. In Burkina Faso, 3000 children aged 6-59 months will receive either a single dose of azithromycin, a 7-day course of am…

This study is testing whether two natural proteins from milk, lactoferrin and lysozyme, can help children who are recovering from severe diarrhea and malnutrition. The goal is to see if these daily supplements, mixed into food, can prevent future diarrhea episodes and help the ch…

This study is testing whether daily high-calorie nutritional drinks can help underweight children aged 1 to 3 years grow, develop, and improve their overall health. Two hundred children will be randomly assigned to receive either the nutritional drinks plus education, or just edu…

This study tests whether training mothers to regularly measure their child's upper arm circumference at home can help catch malnutrition relapse sooner. It involves 2,400 children in Burkina Faso who recently recovered from severe malnutrition. Researchers will compare relapse ra…

This study is testing a community program to help more severely malnourished children get treatment in Kenya. Local health workers will be equipped with smartphones and simple tools to train families to screen their own children for dangerous weight loss. The goal is to see if th…

This study is testing whether a smartphone app can help new mothers in Pakistan feed their babies better. Researchers will give 300 pregnant women either the app, which sends weekly tips, or standard in-person advice. They want to see if the app leads to more babies being exclusi…