This would mean that the prevalence measured at different timepoints stays at all year long, but that the annual burden is , even if a few of those cases are repeat children.
It is possible that in a given community, only one child suffers from moderate or severe acute malnutrition each month, but that over the course of the year, there are different cases of acute malnutrition.
Poor nutrition or infections might cause a child to experience a bout of moderate or severe acute malnutrition that lasts several weeks or months.
If treatment is successful, the child may recover and quickly regain weight. But if conditions worsen, the child could relapse.
It is only with accurate estimates of the annual burden of acute malnutrition that we can effectively plan and deliver treatment to all the children who need it — and in the process, save many lives.
The prevalence of child acute malnutrition is the number or percentage of children suffering from moderate or severe acute malnutrition at a particular point in time.
PREVALENCE
The burden of child acute malnutrition is the total number of cases of acute malnutrition that occur over the course of a set timeframe.
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