Success Story of Zainul Abidin
Community Management of Acute Malnutrition – CMAM
Name: Zainul Abidin Area: Village: Elai
Gender: Male Registration No: 56
Union council: Elai CMAM Site: BHU Elai
Father Name: Bakhti Mand Mother Name: Samina
Age of Patient: 13 Months Weight: 6.5 kg
MUAC:11.6 cm (on admission)
Family History of Zainul Abidin
Zainul Abidin belongs from a poor family. He has two brothers and three sisters. Both of his parents are illiterate. ZainulAbidinfather is Labor by occupation with monthly income of 12000.ZainulAbidinfather can’t manage their family well enough by his financial resources. His mother is very happy by getting treatment from CMAM program and the progress he gained during therapeutic treatment e.g. MUAC and Weight improvement.
History of Patient
Zainul Abidin was falling in the category of Moderate acute Malnutrition when he was admitted in the program. Due to lack of awareness he was not exclusively breast feeded by his mother for the six months. Breastfeeding was continued after six months but due to unawareness complementary feeding was started late and also hygiene practices was not appropriate. So Zainul Abidin suffered from nutrients deficiencies.
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO Zainul
Abidin MALNUTRITION
ü Poverty leading to Food insecurity.
ü Illiteracy and lack of awareness.
ü Poor Hygiene
ü Father occupation does not support healthy nutrition.
Treatment
Zainul Abidin was screened by CRDO Social Mobilizers in the village of Elai and was referred to BHU Elai where he was admitted in SFP Program. His weight was 6.5 kg and MUAC measures 11.6cm on his first visit. He was brought to the BHU for follow up visits regularly and was treated with Acha Mum in the program and a significant change was noticed in each visit. Due to awareness session on IYCF reasonable improvement was seen in nutrition and hygiene practices. Reasonable improvement was shown by him as a result of regular and nutritious diet. However by using supplements in a prescribed way not only he got his MUAC better but also got better improvement in weight. It is clear from the below table with each visit and date.
Visits Dates, MUAC, Weight and
Height Improvements
|
Visits |
Dates |
MUAC |
Weight |
Height |
|
1st |
11/02/15 |
11.6cm |
6.5kg |
68.0cm
|
|
2nd |
26/02/15 |
11.8cm |
6.8kg |
68.0cm |
|
3rd |
13/03/15 |
12.0cm |
7.2kg |
68.0cm |
|
4th |
13/04/15 |
12.2cm |
7.7kg |
68.1cm |
|
5th |
28/04/15 |
12.4 cm |
8.0 kg |
68.1cm |
|
6th |
14/05/15 |
12.5cm |
8.3kg |
68.2cm
|
|
7th |
11/06/15 |
12.6cm |
8.6kg |
|
