7.3 Assessing for malnutrition
There are a number of indicators which tell you that a child is malnourished.
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7.2 Checking the sick child for malnutrition and anaemia
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- Welcome to the IMNCI module of the HEAT Programme....
- Welcome to the IMNCI module of the HEAT Programme....
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- Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness Module: Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health
- Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness Module: Acknowledgements
- Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness Module: Introduction
- Part 1
- Integrated Management of newborn and Childhood Illness Module: 1. An Introduction to the Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness (IMNCI)
- Integrated Management of newborn and Childhood Illness Module: 2. Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
- Integrated Management of newborn and Childhood Illness Module: 3. Management of Bacterial Infection and Jaundice in the Newborn and Young Infants
- Integrated Management of newborn and Childhood Illness Module: 4. Assess and Classify Coughs or Difficult Breathing
- Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness Module: 5. Management of Diarrhoeal Disease in Young Infants and Children
- Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness Module: 6. Management of Sick Children with Fever
- Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness Module: 7. Assessment of Malnutrition and Anaemia in the Sick Child
- Study Session 7. Assessment of Malnutrition and Anaemia in the Sick Child
- Introduction
- Learning Outcomes for Study Session 7
- 7.1 Malnutrition
- 7.2 Checking the sick child for malnutrition and anaemia
- 7.3 Assessing for malnutrition
- 7.4 Assessing for anaemia
- 7.5 Classification of malnutrition and anaemia
- Summary of Study Session 7
- Self-Assessment Questions (SAQs) for Study Session 7
- Study Session 7. Assessment of Malnutrition and Anaemia in the Sick Child
- Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness Module: 8. Treatment of a Child with Malnutrition and Anaemia
- Part 2
- Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness Module: 9. Assessment of HIV Infection in Infants and Children
- Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness Module 10. Infant and Young Child Feeding
- Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness Module: 11. Infant and Young Child Feeding Recommendations
- Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness Module: 12. Immunization and Related Interventions
- Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness Module: 13. Ear Problems and Other Common Childhood Infections
- Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness Module: 14. Counselling Mothers
- Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness Module: 15. Synthesis of IMNCI for a Sick Child up to Five Years: Assess and Classify
- Integrated Management of newborn and Childhood Illness Module: 16. Synthesis of IMNCI for Children up to Five years: Treatment and Follow-up Care
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- Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness Module: Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health
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Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness
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