Assessment of the Efficacy Therapeutic Milk in Prevention the Complications of Sever Acute Malnutrition in Children 6 - 59 Months at Therapeutic Feeding Center in Public Hospitals in Hodeida City—Yemen

Abstract

Severe acute malnutrition with medical complications is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality among children under the age of 5 years. Which can be management by given Therapeutic milk, it is available only at inpatient center at hospitals. When staff and mother managed adequately, the therapeutic milk has highly effective in treating severe malnutrition and prevent any complications that can be developing . So, this study aims to Assess of the Efficacy of Therapeutic milk in Prevention Complications of Severe acute malnutrition 6 - 59 months at therapeutic feeding center. Descriptive, Cross-Sectional, Hospital - based study design was used to conduct the study. The study was carried out at Organization of AL Thora public Hospital at Hodeida city in Yemen. Total coverage 200 children 6 - 59 months of age have Sever Acute Malnutrition with complication which was 14 medical complications and admitted at Therapeutics Feeding Center. Three research tools which used for data collection. The structured face to face Interview questionnaire, anthropometric measurements, and the Structure Observation Check list. The results showed that, the obvious reduction of complication when the Comparison at admission, 1st week and 2nd week are (40.9% to 18% to 7.6%). There is highly statistically significant relationship between the therapeutic feeding which was given, resolution the complication at 1st week and 2nd week at p < 0.05. Majority of the Sever acute malnutrition children are discharge d to Outpatient therapeutic to complete nutritional program. The study concluded that the therapeutic milk which provide s in Therapeutic Feeding Center only have highly effective in treating medical complication of sever acute malnutrition in children 6 - 59 months .