Effectiveness of the spiruline compared with the traditional methods in the fight against infantile malnutrition in Mali

Abstract

Current context: Malnutrition in the world is currently at the origin of 54% of the deaths of children below äns (1,2). In Mali, according to the EDSM IV, 15% of the children suffer from emaciation and 27% from the children, of ponderal insufficiency. Drank: The goal is to determine the effectiveness of a nutritional recovery containing spiruline as a multi-vitamin natural supplement and multi-microéléments in infantile flours at children from 0 to 59 months malnutris in Sabalibougou, and to compare it with that of fish and flours infantile. Materials and methods: We had 153 old children from 6 to 59 months chosen in 3 centers of health: on the level of ASACO-Sab1 63 children, ASACOSAB 2 62 children, ASACOSAB 3 68 children. The spiruline came from the unit from Safo, and the infantile flours of the UCODAL (simple enriched flour and flour enriched with fish). The protocols were as follows: enriched flour SINBA and Spiruline, enriched flour SINBA, flour enriched with the fish (silure) with 5%. The study lasted 9 weeks. Results: Our study confirmed the effectiveness of the spiruline in the flour compared with the protocols flour alone and flour-fish, in the assumption of responsibility of the severe stages of emaciation and ponderal insufficiency. The spiruline manages to change the severe statute into moderate statute. Concerning anaemia, a favorable evolution is noted with the three protocols. Conclusion: We obtained a weight gain of 136 g per week and a lengthening of 0,537 cm in two months. The improvement of the feeble statute of the children recorded was confirmed independent of the protocol, the age bracket and the sex by the test of Khi-deux. We noted that the mode flour-spiruline is most effective in the assumption of responsibility of the severe states of emaciation with a coefficient of reduction of 7.13, and also of the ponderal insufficiency with a factor of reduction equal to 4,64.