Abstract

MARTINEZ-PEREZ, Guillermo. Attention Model to chronic child malnutrition in the region of Upper River, Gambia, according to the Innovative framework Care for Chronic Conditions. Rev. Gerenc. Polit. Salud [online]. 2013, vol.12, n.24, pp.130-142. ISSN 1657-7027.

Malnutrition is a major public health problem in the Republic of Gambia, with 18% of the population under five affected. The purpose of this paper is to provide a description and analysis of the set of actors and institutions, their policies and interventions involved in tackling child chronic malnutrition in the region of Upper River, Gambia. The map of attention to child malnutrition has been made from an assessment of the current care model, following the tool Innovative Care for Chronic Conditions Framework Situation Assessment of the World Health Organization, guiding the analysis by professional experience in this context of the author, and with the support of the consulted bibliography. Based on the results, a series of interventions and strategies for improvement of the model in its three levels of care to child malnutrition is discussed.

Keywords : protein-calorie malnutrition; programs and policies of nutrition and feeding; nutrition policy; chronic disease; Gambia; marasmus; malnutrition in children; social aspects; nutrition programs; nutrition policy; children nutrition; public health; Gambia.

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