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Does treatment of short or stunted children aged 6–59 months for severe acute malnutrition using ready to use therapeutic food make them overweight? Data from Malawi

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-018-0321-1

Published Online: 2018-12-13

Published Print: 2018-12

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Binns, Paul http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8005-9835
Myatt, Mark
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Funding for this research was provided by:

FHI 360 (4001-08-1-01/4001-VALID-00/Task Order 4)
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Article History

Received: 19 June 2018

Accepted: 5 November 2018

First Online: 13 December 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: National Health Sciences Research Committee of Malawi, 30/11/2010, Protocol #817 MED/4/36.Written consent was obtained from a parent (or primary caregiver) of the child to be enrolled in the study. Each parent / caregiver signed an individual consent form detailing the proposed treatment, the right to refuse enrolment into the study, the right to confidentiality and anonymity, and that no payment would be received for participation. This study complied with World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki (Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects, 1964) and was approved by the National Health Sciences Research Committee of Malawi (NHSRC, protocol # 817).

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