Successfully battling child malnutrition in Pakistan
It is July 2023 when the medical staff in our health station in BHU Koga refugee camp in northern Pakistan slings a measuring tape around the upper arm of a painfully thin looking little boy. His name is Sardar, and he is one year old. Our colleagues want to determine whether he is malnourished. That is what the special measuring tape called MUAC tape is used for. The acronym stands for “Mid-Upper Arm Circumference”, a measurement with which, in addition to body weight, the nutritional status of a child between six months and five years can be assessed quickly and reliably.
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