The Kusamala Program

The @KusamalaProgram is a 4-d hospital-based counseling program for caregivers of children with SAM in #Malawi. See the results from our mixed-methods cluster-RCT here in #CDN @jnutritionorg : academic.oup.com/cdn/article/5/…

The Kusamala Program (@KusamalaProgram), a counselling intervention for caregivers of children with #malnutrition, is now available on our new YouTube channel (in #Chichewa): youtube.com/playlist?list=… Please share with anyone in #Malawi who may be able to use this as a resource!

Take a look at our team's recent paper in @MalawiMedJ of a survey of nutritional rehabilitation units in Southern #Malawi pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32128033/

Happy #InternationalWomensDay, a day to recognize and celebrate the incredible contributions of #women throughout the world. 🌎🌍🌏 Read our spotlight on PhD students @AllisonIDaniel & @IsabelPotani and their work together on @KusamalaProgram. bit.ly/SKIWD2020 #IWD2020

Our team has just published a capacity building paper in @GlobalHealthAct about the introduction of the @QECH_Chipatala nutrition support program in Malawi supported by @SickKidsGlobal : tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

@MalawiMedJ with a bang again: We've been accepted in the Directory of Open Access Journals @DOAJplus, following a stringent application process. This testifies to our adherence to principles of transparency and best practice in scholarly publishing.@AJPPEditors @TaylorsTrinket

Wishing all of our partners in #GlobalChildHealth a healthy, happy and peaceful new year! #HappyNewYear2019 #HappyNewYear

Some of our team members were involved in this research at the @QECH_Chipatala published in @MalawiMedJ about the perceptions and experiences of caregivers whose children have been admitted for treatment of malnutrition: mmj.mw/?p=7844

The bond between a mother and child is one of the most precious relationships in the world. Mothers are a source of love, support and strength. We wish all mothers a Happy Mothers Day!

.@SickKidsGlobal's Dr. Robert Bandsma is one of 60 invited experts, who will gather to discuss ideas on how to galvanize #nutrition #science with @WHO & @wellcometrust.

We have just published a manuscript in Pilot and Feasibility Studies about the feasibility of implementing the Kusamala Program at the @QECH_Chipatala : bit.ly/2xJJKu4 @BioMedCentral @MedicalEvidence #PFSjournal

Check out the @AcuteMalnut @nowastedlives page to learn about ongoing research in children with severe and moderate acute malnutrition around the world including the Kusamala Program: acutemalnutrition.org/en/ongoing-res…

I just noticed this course of ECD - The Best Start in Life: Early Childhood Development for Sustainable Development - looks really good on @edxonline #mooc edx.org/course/the-bes…

Our team of field workers uses the Malawi Developmental Assessment Tool designed by @mjgladstone to assess the effectiveness of the Kusamala Program to improve child development. #MDAT #ECD #EarlyChildDevelopment #NurturingCareFramework

See the correspondence written about our longstanding malnutrition research group with members from @SickKidsGlobal and @QECH_Chipatala published in @LancetGH: bit.ly/2uAnZvO

Grand Challenges Canada is funded by the Government of Canada and is dedicated to supporting Bold Ideas with Big Impact® in global health. We are proud that the Kusamala Program is supported by @gchallenges!

Details of the Kusamala Program and our ongoing trial can be found in our study protocol in @BioMedCentral Trials here: bit.ly/2NLXMm2 #trialsjournal #SAM #nutrition #WASH #ECD #RCT

The Kusamala Program is a nurse-led interactive counselling program for primary caregivers of children with severe acute malnutrition #nutrition #WASH #ECD @SickKidsGlobal @QECH_Chipatala

journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… We must think hard about the most suitable ways to be implementing programmes for promoting early stimulation and child development in a way that is understanding of the situation for mums and dads in different parts of the world.

Kusamala means “to take care” in Chichewa, the native language of #Malawi. #NurturingCareFramework