ChroSAM study - how can we better support malnourished children to Thrive as well as Survive?

Dear colleagues,

Any thoughts and reflections on the implications of our new paper just out today in Lancet Global Health very welcome: ChroSAM study (Chronic Disease Outcomes following Severe Acute Malnutrition)

Our message: children need to be supported to ?#?SurviveANDThrive

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(16)30133-4/abstract

Thanks to Dr Natasha Lelijveld, lead researcher, all co-authors, study team, study collaborators, Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust and Paeds Dept, College of Medicine Malawi for hosting the project, Wellcome Trust for funding the research. And biggest thanks of course to the children and families who took part.

The challenges are clear...next step...developing and testing the interventions to move things forward for future generations..

With very best wishes,

Marko

Dr Marko Kerac
Course Director, Nutrition for Global Health MSc,
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine,