What you need to know: The screening process involves an appetite test and weight checks to determine a child’s condition. Every two weeks, Ms Miriam Amoit Lapyem, a Village Health Team (VHT) member ...

Fatuma Humad takes a MUAC measurement of Aradi, 2, as her mother Zahara Ega Ahmed looks on. MUAC data helps health workers like Humad determine which residents of her village, Guhom, are suffering ...

Objective: To test the hypothesis that ‘normal but vulnerable’ adults, as defined by body mass index (BMI) in combination with mid-upper-arm-circumference (MUAC), are closer to normal than to ...