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Impact of the extension of a performance-based financing scheme to nutrition services in Burundi on malnutrition prevention and management among children below five: A cluster-randomized control trial

PLoS ONE, 2020
Malnutrition is a huge problem in Burundi. In order to improve the health system response, the Ministry of Health piloted the introduction of malnutrition prevention and care indicators within its performance-based financing (PBF) scheme.
Catherine Korachais, Sandra Nkurunziza, Manassé Nimpagaritse, Bruno Meessen, Seth Adu-Afarwuah   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Implementation of community-based management of severe acute malnutrition in conflict affected regions: a case of South Kordofan, Sudan

Archives of Public Health, 2023
Malnutrition is the major cause of mortality and morbidity globally with undernutrition contributing about 45% of all deaths of under five children. Besides the direct effects of protracted conflicts, the macroeconomic crisis that has greatly increased ...
Q. Sserwanja, Osman Omer Adam, Eissa Hassan Mohamed, M. Adam, Linet M. Mutisya   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A multi-country, prospective cohort study to evaluate the economic implications of relapse among children recovered from severe acute malnutrition: a study protocol

BMC Nutrition, 2022
Background Community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) is an effective intervention at recovering children from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and preventing mortality.
Chloe Puett, Sarah King, Heather Stobaugh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Time to recovery and its predictors among children 6–59 months with acute malnutrition admitted to community inpatient therapeutic feeding centers in Katsina State, Northwest Nigeria: a retrospective review of health records (2010–2016)

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2023
Background Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) among children under five years of age remains a huge public health and economic burden in Sub-Saharan Africa. We investigated time to recovery and its predictors among children aged 6 to 59 months admitted into
Friday Ilop Joseph, Adewale Falade, Jane Earland   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of unconditional cash transfers on the outcome of treatment for severe acute malnutrition (SAM): a cluster-randomised trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

BMC Medicine, 2017
Background Cash transfer programs (CTPs) aim to strengthen financial security for vulnerable households. This potentially enables improvements in diet, hygiene, health service access and investment in food production or income generation.
Emmanuel Grellety, Pélagie Babakazo, Amina Bangana, Gustave Mwamba, Ines Lezama, Noël Marie Zagre, Eric-Alain Ategbo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effectiveness of treatment for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) delivered by community health workers compared to a traditional facility based model

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background In most health systems, Community Health Workers (CHWs) identify and screen for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in the community. This study aimed to investigate the potential of integrating SAM identification and treatment delivered by CHWs ...
J. L. Alvarez Morán, G. B. Franck Alé, P. Charle, N. Sessions, S. Doumbia, S. Guerrero   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness and Coverage of Treatment for Severe Acute Malnutrition Delivered by Community Health Workers in the Guidimakha Region, Mauritania

Children, 2021
Geographical and economic access barriers to health facilities (HF) have been identified as some of the most important causes of the low coverage of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) treatment. The objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness and
Pilar Charle-Cuéllar, Noemí Lopez-Ejeda, Hassane Toukou Souleymane, Diagana Yacouba, Moussa Diagana, Abdias Ogobara Dougnon, Antonio Vargas, André Briend   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Data-Driven Monitoring in Community Based Management of Children With Severely Acute Malnutrition (SAM) Using Psychometric Techniques: An Operational Framework

Cureus, 2021
Background The success of the Community Based Management of Severe Malnutrition (CSAM) programme largely depends on the knowledge and skills of Front-Line Workers (FLWs).
Ankur Joshi, Abhijit P. Pakhare, Sivaja K. Nair, Revadi G, M. Chouhan, Deepak Pandey, Arun M. Kokane   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Integrated and simplified approaches to community management of acute malnutrition in rural Kenya: a cluster randomized trial protocol

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background In many low income countries, the majority of acutely malnourished children are either brought to the health facility late or never at all due to reasons related to distance and associated costs.
Elizabeth Wambui Kimani-Murage, Hermann Pythagore, Elizabeth Mwaniki, Tewoldeberha Daniel, Betty Samburu, Pilar Charle Cuellar, Regina Mbochi, James Njiru, Lucy Wangare, Lydia Karimurio, Olivia Agutu, Lucy Gathigi Maina, Peter Okoth, Judith Raburu, Milka Wanjohi, Triza Macharia, Taddese Alemu Zerfu   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of a reduced dose of ready-to-use therapeutic food in community-based management of severe acute malnutrition: A non-inferiority randomized controlled trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo

PLoS Medicine
Introduction The reduced Ready-to-use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) dose strategy was demonstrated effective in recovering children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in ideal conditions and in a context of food security.
Julien Ntaongo Alendi, C. Salpéteur, S. Botomba, Alemayehu Argaw, Victor Nikièma, Jean-Baptiste Mayavanga, Benjamin Guesdon, Marie Petry, Uwimana Sebinwa, Sophie Bruneau, Aimée Mupuala Masaya, Florence Mbiya Muadi, Samuel Mampunza Ma Miezi, M. Muyer   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source