Increasing the Coverage of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) Treatment in Ethiopia
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Acute Malnutrition, Severe
Malnutrition, Child
Wasting
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 6 Months – 5
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Participants needed
- 1,080 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute · Other
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About This Trial
The R-SWITCH intervention aims to address the low coverage of treatment for severe wasting (SAM) by leveraging existing community groups to deliver an integrated package focused on prevention, screening, referral, and treatment of SAM. It includes behavior change communication on child nutrition and health, active screening, improved passive screening at health posts, and follow-up of referred cas…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Child 6-59 months of age
* Suffering from SAM (defined as MUAC \< 115mm or presence of bilateral pitting edema or Weight-for-Length Z-score \<-3) OR currently enrolled in SAM OTP
Exclusion Criteria:
\- Anthropometric malformation or being handicapped which hampers anthropome…
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