Silke Pietzsch
Biographic Data
| ID | 6324719 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Silke Pietzsch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Silke |
| FAMILY NAME | Pietzsch |
| SIGNATURE | PIETZSCH S |
| AFFILIATIONS | ActionAid |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Costs and cost-effectiveness of three point-of-use water treatment technologies added to community-based treatment of severe acute malnutrition in Sindh Province, Pakistan
BACKGROUND: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a major global public health concern. Despite the cost-effectiveness of treatment, ministries of health are often unable to commit the required funds which limits service coverage. OBJECTIVE: A randomised controlled trial was conducted in Sindh Province, Pakistan, to assess whether adding a point of use water treatment to the treatment of SAM without complications improved its cost-effectiveness. Thr…
Point-of-use water treatment improves recovery rates among children with severe acute malnutrition in Pakistan
Objective To evaluate effectiveness of point-of-use water treatment in improving treatment of children affected by severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Design Programme sites were randomized to one of four intervention arms: (i) standard SAM treatment; (ii) SAM treatment plus flocculent/disinfectant water treatment; (iii) SAM treatment plus chlorine disinfectant; or (iv) SAM treatment plus ceramic water filter. Outcome measures were calculated based …
The Refani Pakistan study—a cluster randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cash-based transfer programmes on child nutrition status
Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN10761532 . Registered 26 March 2015
Towards Improved Food and Nutrition Security in Sindh Province, Pakistan
The 2011 National Nutrition Survey (NNS) in Pakistan showed that Sindh province continues to have some of the worst undernutrition rates in South Asia. For determinants of acute and chronic malnutrition to be better understood, Action Against Hunger (ACF) conducted a Nutrition Causal Analysis (NCA) in two districts of Sindh province, where persistently critical prevalences of wasting were recorded, for example, Dadu district with GAM and SAM rate…
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Towards Improved Food and Nutrition Security in Sindh Province, Pakistan
The 2011 National Nutrition Survey (NNS) in Pakistan showed that Sindh province continues to have some of the worst undernutrition rates in South Asia. For determinants of acute and chronic malnutrition to be better understood, Action Against Hunger (ACF) conducted a Nutrition Causal Analysis (NCA) in two districts of Sindh province, where persistently critical prevalences of wasting were recorded, for example, Dadu district with GAM and SAM rate…
The Refani Pakistan study—a cluster randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cash-based transfer programmes on child nutrition status
Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN10761532 . Registered 26 March 2015
Point-of-use water treatment improves recovery rates among children with severe acute malnutrition in Pakistan
Objective To evaluate effectiveness of point-of-use water treatment in improving treatment of children affected by severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Design Programme sites were randomized to one of four intervention arms: (i) standard SAM treatment; (ii) SAM treatment plus flocculent/disinfectant water treatment; (iii) SAM treatment plus chlorine disinfectant; or (iv) SAM treatment plus ceramic water filter. Outcome measures were calculated based …
Costs and cost-effectiveness of three point-of-use water treatment technologies added to community-based treatment of severe acute malnutrition in Sindh Province, Pakistan
BACKGROUND: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a major global public health concern. Despite the cost-effectiveness of treatment, ministries of health are often unable to commit the required funds which limits service coverage. OBJECTIVE: A randomised controlled trial was conducted in Sindh Province, Pakistan, to assess whether adding a point of use water treatment to the treatment of SAM without complications improved its cost-effectiveness. Thr…
Child Nutrition and Water Access (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (2 works) · Malnutrition (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (2 works) · Psychological intervention (2 works)