Evidence Brief - Beyond the Tape: Rethinking Wasting Diagnosis in Somalia (2025)

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Briefs, Fact Sheets and BrochuresEvidence Brief – Beyond the Tape: Rethinking Wasting Diagnosis in Somalia (2025)Publication year: 
2025
English
Format: 
 (3.1 MiB)
Publisher: 
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs,Save the Children Somalia/Somaliland
Somalia has among the highest global rates of child wasting, with 1.7 million children projected to be acutely malnourished in 2024. MUAC is often used for community screening due to ease of use and low cost but may significantly underestimate the true burden of malnutrition compared to WHZ. This study investigates diagnostic performance and concordance between MUAC, MUACZ, and WHZ among children in two high-wasting regions: Bay and Hiran.
Authors
 Khattak,Qundeel
11 Publications
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Marina Tripaldi
4 Publications
Shelley Walton
3 Publications
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Evidence Brief – Beyond the Tape: Rethinking Wasting Diagnosis in Somalia (2025)
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Publisher
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs, Save the Children Somalia/Somaliland
Authors
Khattak,Qundeel, Tripaldi, Marina, Walton, Shelley
Content type
Briefs, Fact Sheets and Brochures
Country
Somalia
Region
Eastern Africa
Topics
Child Health, Child Poverty, Child-Sensitive Social Protection, Health and Nutrition
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Keywords
Acute MalnutritionCash and Voucher Assistance (CVA)Child malnutritionNutrition in emergencies
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