Building Clinical Nutrition Capacity in Lao PDR: A Novel Clinical Nutrition Educational Model to Provide Interventions to Treat Malnutrition and Non-Communicable Diseases

摘要

Malnutrition is the number one health priority in Lao PDR where 36% of children under the age of five are stunted and 27% are underweight. Compounded by escalating rates of diabetes and non-communicable diseases, hospital-based nutrition interventions are needed. A partnership between OHSU and the Lao Ministry of Health is working to fill the gap in knowledge and application by providing clinical nutrition education to health care providers.