Nutrition Rehabilitation Unit

Research done at ICDDR,B has shown that severely-malnourished children are more likely to die after discharge from hospital following treatment for acute illnesses, such as diarrhoea. To prevent such deaths, nutritional status of these children needs to be improved by an appropriate and sustainable nutritional rehabilitation programme. This is done in NRU run by MCHS. Rapid catch-up growth is achieved by following a standardized diet protocol using low-cost, culturally-appropriate, nutritious food based on locally-available ingredients. Essential micronutrients are also provided. In 2003, NRU successfully rehabilitated 257 very severely-malnourished children.

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