The Kusamala Program
@KusamalaProgram
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The Kusamala Program was created through a collaboration between @QECH_Chipatala and @SickKidsGlobal with support from @gchallenges
Blantyre, Malawi
Joined July 2018
The @KusamalaProgram is a 4-d hospital-based counseling program for caregivers of children with SAM in #Malawi. See the results from our mixed-methods cluster-RCT here in #CDN @jnutritionorg :
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The Kusamala Program (@KusamalaProgram), a counselling intervention for caregivers of children with #malnutrition, is now available on our new YouTube channel (in #Chichewa): https://t.co/9ACWQzPUo6 Please share with anyone in #Malawi who may be able to use this as a resource!
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Take a look at our team's recent paper in @MalawiMedJ of a survey of nutritional rehabilitation units in Southern #Malawi
https://t.co/GGrNrFqJgV
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay, a day to recognize and celebrate the incredible contributions of #women throughout the world. 🌎🌍🌏 Read our spotlight on PhD students @AllisonIDaniel & @IsabelPotani and their work together on @KusamalaProgram. https://t.co/MpEHtSuAX2
#IWD2020
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Our team has just published a capacity building paper in @GlobalHealthAct about the introduction of the @QECH_Chipatala nutrition support program in Malawi supported by @SickKidsGlobal : https://t.co/auACM5wAWf
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In low- and middle-income countries, nutrition support strategies are often suboptimal or non-existent in hospital settings. This is further compounded by high rates of malnutrition in these countr...
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@MalawiMedJ with a bang again: We've been accepted in the Directory of Open Access Journals @DOAJplus, following a stringent application process. This testifies to our adherence to principles of transparency and best practice in scholarly publishing.@AJPPEditors @TaylorsTrinket
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Wishing all of our partners in #GlobalChildHealth a healthy, happy and peaceful new year! #HappyNewYear2019 #HappyNewYear
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Some of our team members were involved in this research at the @QECH_Chipatala published in @MalawiMedJ about the perceptions and experiences of caregivers whose children have been admitted for treatment of malnutrition: https://t.co/x8cKKiiKqR
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The bond between a mother and child is one of the most precious relationships in the world. Mothers are a source of love, support and strength. We wish all mothers a Happy Mothers Day!
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.@SickKidsGlobal's Dr. Robert Bandsma is one of 60 invited experts, who will gather to discuss ideas on how to galvanize #nutrition #science with @WHO & @wellcometrust.
Interested in helping to shape the future of nutrition science? We’re inviting researchers across the globe to contribute to our expert meeting with @WHO. Join our Facebook group to take part in discussions https://t.co/xHwdfASUbD
#nutritionscience
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We have just published a manuscript in Pilot and Feasibility Studies about the feasibility of implementing the Kusamala Program at the @QECH_Chipatala : https://t.co/wLtW5Nav1G
@BioMedCentral @MedicalEvidence #PFSjournal
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Check out the @AcuteMalnut @nowastedlives page to learn about ongoing research in children with severe and moderate acute malnutrition around the world including the Kusamala Program:
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I just noticed this course of ECD - The Best Start in Life: Early Childhood Development for Sustainable Development - looks really good on @edxonline #mooc
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Our team of field workers uses the Malawi Developmental Assessment Tool designed by @mjgladstone to assess the effectiveness of the Kusamala Program to improve child development. #MDAT #ECD #EarlyChildDevelopment #NurturingCareFramework
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See the correspondence written about our longstanding malnutrition research group with members from @SickKidsGlobal and @QECH_Chipatala published in @LancetGH: https://t.co/BGTI5Ntetf
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Grand Challenges Canada is funded by the Government of Canada and is dedicated to supporting Bold Ideas with Big Impact® in global health. We are proud that the Kusamala Program is supported by @gchallenges!
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Details of the Kusamala Program and our ongoing trial can be found in our study protocol in @BioMedCentral Trials here: https://t.co/V4adUBqAqh
#trialsjournal #SAM #nutrition #WASH #ECD #RCT
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The Kusamala Program is a nurse-led interactive counselling program for primary caregivers of children with severe acute malnutrition #nutrition #WASH #ECD @SickKidsGlobal @QECH_Chipatala
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https://t.co/R9B9UPSYuO We must think hard about the most suitable ways to be implementing programmes for promoting early stimulation and child development in a way that is understanding of the situation for mums and dads in different parts of the world.
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Kusamala means “to take care” in Chichewa, the native language of #Malawi. #NurturingCareFramework
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