Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM)

There are currently 921 members of the CMAM Forum in 77 countries

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Highlights

Latest items:

  • Managing acute malnutrition at scale. A review of donor and government financing arrangements. ODI, ENN 2013 Link
  • The aid financing landscape for nutrition. Development Initiatives 2013. Link 
  • WHO Pocket Book for Hospital Care for Children (2nd edition): pp197-224. WHO, 2013  Link
  • Embedding nutrition in a post-2015 development framework. IDS 2013  Link
  • Evaluation de différentes stratégies de distributions préventives de la malnutrition au Niger. Epicentre, MoH Niger, WFP, MSF, Forsani, OMS 2013  Link
  • Guide pratique pour concevoir et évaluer le renforcement de la résilience dans les politiques et les programmes de nutrition. Groupe régional en Afrique de l’Ouest 2013 Link
  • Improving child nutrition: the achievable imperative for global progress. UNICEF 2013 Link
  • Nutrition interventions for older people in emergencies. HelpAge International 2013  Link
  • Critical windows for nutritional interventions against stunting.  Am J Clin Nutr 2013  Link

New course:

PhD course: severe acute malnutrition in children - challenges and enigmas. University of Copenhagen (9-13 September 2013, Copenhagen)  Link

For members:

  • NEW Severe acute malnutrition and infection. (Jones KDJ, Berkley JA)  Link
  • Assessment of coverage in CMAM.  (Guevarra E, Norris A, Guerrero S, Myatt M)  Link
  • Use of MUAC for severe acute malnutrition. (Briend A)  Link
  • Estimating caseload for pregnant & lactating women and for SAM and MAM in children 6-59months.  (Myatt M)  Link

Important dates:

  • Asia Meeting on Severe Acute Malnutrition: IAEA/IMTF (27-29 May, Thailand)
  • Capacity Building in Nutrition Science: Revisiting the Curricula for Medical Professionals: The New York Academy of Sciences (6 June New York) Link
  • Annual Global Nutrition Cluster (GNC) Meeting: UNICEF (8-12 July, Geneva, Switzerland)  Link
  • Int'l Congress of Pediatrics: 2013 (24-29 August, Melborne, Australia) Link
  • IUNS 20th Congress of Nutrition (15-20 September, Granada, Spain) Link
  • NEW  What We Know Now: A Decade Of Community-based Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition: CMN et al (17-18 October, London, UK) Link



 

What is the CMAM Forum?

The CMAM Forum was established in 2012 by a group of experts with the aim to provide a robust information-sharing mechanism that expands the knowledge base on acute malnutrition. The main aim is:
To support scale-up of quality services for the management of acute malnutrition through the collation of existing technical guidance, evidence and learning from the wider nutrition and health community.

Specific objectives are:

1. Ensuring relevant, up-to-date resources on management of acute malnutrition are accessible to practitioners, policy makers and other key stakeholders based on the needs of users. More...

2. Producing Technical Briefs (current thinking on priority themes), summaries of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and Updates relating to acute malnutrition.

3. Synthesising learning of effective ways to disseminate CMAM-related resources through conducting case studies in selected countries.

4. Promoting and support advocacy efforts on the management of acute malnutrition. More...

CMAM includes:

  • Community outreach for community involvement and early detection, referral of cases of acute malnutrition and follow up of problem cases,
  • Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in outpatient care for children 6-59 months without medical complications,
  • Management of SAM in inpatient care for children 6-59 months with medical complications and children under 6 months with acute malnutrition,
  • Management of Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) for children 6-59 months,
  • The comprehensive CMAM model links with maternal, newborn, and child health and nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene, food security and livelihood, and other community outreach initiatives.

CMAM is also referred to as IMAM (Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition) or CTC (Community-based Therapeutic Care).