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How MSF Treats Malnourished Children in Niger

The West African country of Niger is currently experiencing a massive food security crisis and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is responding by treating high numbers of malnourished children in different locations. In this video, MSF Hospital Director Bengaly Aboubacar and other Nigerien staff at MSF's Madarounfa project walk us through the process of caring for severely malnourished patients. When they first arrive at the MSF hospital in Madarounfa, patients go directly into triage where medical staff determine what care they need. From triage, severely malnourished children will be admitted to emergency care. These children often have other severe medical conditions and are sent to the intensive care unit where they might be treated for severe pneumonia, malaria, or anemia. After they’ve been stabilized, patients are ready to be treated for malnutrition and are moved into the ward where they are fed a nutritional therapeutic milk formula. Once they are out of harm’s way, patients move into the transition ward where treatment continues and the child's caregiver receives health education. At this point, some children are introduced to ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF); one brand MSF uses is Plumpy ’Nut, a blend of fortified peanut butter, milk, and sugar that contains essential vitamins and minerals. Once the child is healthy, they are sent home and continue to receive regular care at the health center closest to where they live. They are usually given supplies of RUTF to cover them until their next appointment. Read more at https://bit.ly/2XiDvIJ Make sure you don’t miss weekly video updates and ongoing series about our work in crisis zones across the world. Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/BtzdsR Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières helps people worldwide where the need is greatest, delivering emergency medical aid to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from health care. Learn more at https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/BtzdsR Like us on Facebook:   / doctorswithoutborders   Follow us on Instagram:   / doctorswithoutborders   Follow us on Twitter:   / msf_usa   Connect with us on LinkedIn:   / m-decins-sans-fronti-res-msf-   Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org...