Management of Acute Malnutrition in Infants (MAMI) Project
The Management of Acute Malnutrition in Infants (MAMI) Project was a collaborative effort between ENN, University College London Centre for International Health and Development (CIHD) London and Action Contre la Faim, funded by the UNICEF-led IASC Nutrition Cluster.
The MAMI Project ‘core’ team (CIHD, ACF and ENN) were supported by a research advisory group (RAG), an interagency steering group (IASG), UN agencies, NGOs and independent individuals with relevant experiences.
The aim of the MAMI Project was to investigate the management of acutely malnourished infants under six months of age (infants <6m) in emergency programmes, in order to improve practice by contributing to evidence-based, better practice guidelines.
MAMI Project. Technical Review: Current evidence, policies, practices & programme outcomes.
Summary Report
Full Report
Full report by chapter
Several results have already been shared at national and international meetings in the UK, Malawi and Bangkok (see links below).
Whilat the MAMI Project has officially finished, the ENN will continue as a focal point in the immediate term, to amass any feedback to the findings. Send comments to the ENN, 32, Leopold Street, Oxford, OX4 1TW, UK, +44 (0)1865 324996, email: marie@ennonline.net
Links
Kerac M, McGrath M; Shoham J, Bizouerne C, Wilkinson C, Seal A. 'Clinical signs of young infant illness and MAMI (Management of Acute Malnutrition in Infants)'. Online comment, Lancet, February 18 2008. Response to: Clinical signs that predict severe illness in children under age 2 months: a multicentre study The Lancet - Vol. 371, Number 9607, 12 January 2008, Pages 135-142.
Poster presentation at Royal Society of Tropical Medicine meeting in London, 2008.
Archives of Diseases in Childhood 2009;94(Supplement 1):A49-A51 Abstract on disease burden and risk-benefit implications of 2006 WHO Growth Standards on SAM in infants <6m.
MSF Scientific Day presentation in London on 10th June 2009.
CAPGAN, Malawi, 2009. Conference abstracts (MAMI Project, p8).
UN SCN presentation (Nutrition in emergencies working group), October, 2009
