You can read the first part of Grahams paper here a. definition and types of nutritional failure Nutritional failure can have three general causes: 1) Deficiency of total caloric and protein intake (clinically manifested as marasmus), 2) Deficiency of protein intake only (clinically manifested as kwashiorkor), or 3) a combination
Graham Sowa is a good friend of Real Hope for Haiti. He is currently in medical school in Cuba and wrote the below paper. We will be sharing it in several different post. It is a good read to help understand the effects of what kwashiorkor and malnutrtion does to the body.
We had a day team come visit last week. There were 19 people on the team! That is a big group to keep busy in our little yard. They were all part of a team from Acts 2 help Others. Formula One Life brought us lots of formula, baby bottles,
DAWENS Dawens came to the clinic because he was sick. On the way here he got worse and was having lots of diar and vomiting. He tested positive for cholera but was also needing IV antibiotic meds due to other illnesses that he had. He stayed with us here in
Previous post about the babies in the tent here, here, here , here In May/June of 2011 we had 6 new babies in the tent. They were all small little ones and 5 of their mothers had died in child birth. The two boys on the right hand side have
The cholera house numbers have been down for several weeks now. We are excited and thankful for that. We know at any time the number can jump back up and we are preparing for that by stocking up on supplies and continuing our plans for the new cholera hospital. In
