Community-based approaches to the management of severe malnutrition (2003)
Date: 8th-10th October, 2003
Venue: Dublin
Convenors: Concern and Valid International
Summary
A three day meeting was held in Dublin hosted by Concern and Valid International between 8-10th of October, 2003 on community-based approaches to managing severe malnutrition. The objectives of the meeting were:
• To compare lessons learnt after 3 years of experience with Community Based Therapeutic Care (CTC).
• To describe substantive differences in protocols for non-centre based treatment of severe malnutrition between agencies.
• To focus on gaps in our knowledge of non-centre based treatment of severe malnutrition.
• To clear up misconceptions about CTC.
Outcomes of the meeting can be found in the meeting report.
Meeting report
Community based approaches to managing severe malnutrition: Report of the proceedings of an international workshop, Dublin (2003)
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Reference this page
Chloe Angood (). Community-based approaches to the management of severe malnutrition (2003). www.ennonline.net/ourwork/othermeetings/communitybasedsam2003
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