They measure malnutrition among Tarahumara children

Every year, several indigenous boys and girls, mainly from the Rarámuri ethnic group, They die malnourished in the Tarahumara mountains from Chihuahua.

Given this, the Secretariat of Human Development and Common Good (SDHyBC) trained 67 social workers from the municipalities of Balleza, and Guadalupe and Calvo, in detecting cases of child malnutrition and filling out microdiagnoses.

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This community nutritional surveillance training allows us to identify risk cases in girls and boys between zero and five years of age, with the Measurement of the Mid-Arm Perimeter, “Middle Upper Arm Circumference” (MUAC).

The measurement technique is simple and effective, but must be done properlyso that, if cases of acute or moderate malnutrition are detected, they are immediately channeled to health services for care.

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In addition, they were given a workshop on the proper completion of microdiagnoses, to identify household poverty needsmost of which are located in communities that are difficult to access.

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