ArticleNutrients2023
Effectiveness and Coverage of Severe Acute Malnutrition Treatment with a Simplified Protocol in a Humanitarian Context in Diffa, Niger.
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- Combining Treatment of Acute Malnutrition With Integrated Community Case Management: A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial (SETiPlus).Maternal & child nutrition · 2026Trial
- Cost-effectiveness of decentralising acute malnutrition treatment with a standard or simplified treatment protocol: an economic evaluation in the region of Gao, Mali.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Effect of a simplified approach on recovery of children 6-59 months with wasting in Ethiopia: A noninferiority, cluster randomized controlled trial.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Trial
- Reducing relapses after acute malnutrition treatment: evidence from a simplified approach in emergency settings of Mali.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Socioeconomic Risk Factors Associated With Acute Malnutrition Severity Among Under-Five Children Based on a Machine Learning Approach: The Case of Rural Emergency Contexts in Niger and Mali.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
- Weight gain among children under five with severe malnutrition in therapeutic feeding programmes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Perceptions of stakeholders on the use of a simplified, combined protocol for treatment of acute malnutrition in Central African Republic.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
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- Effectiveness of acute malnutrition treatment with a simplified, combined protocol in Central African Republic: An observational cohort study.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Observational
- Comparing time to recovery in wasting treatment: simplified approach vs. standard protocol among children aged 6-59 months in Ethiopia-a cluster-randomized, controlled, non-inferiority trial.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
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- Cost of Acute Malnutrition Treatment Using a Simplified or Standard Protocol in Diffa, Niger.Nutrients · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundthe aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and coverage of a simplified protocol that is implemented in health centers (HCs) and health posts (HPs) for children who are suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in the humanitarian context of Diffa.
methodsWe conducted a non-randomized community-controlled trial. The control group received outpatient treatment for SAM, without medical complications, at HCs and HPs with the standard protocol of community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM). Meanwhile, with respect to the intervention group, the children with SAM received treatment at the HCs and HPs through a simplified protocol wherein the mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) and the presence of edema were used as the admission criteria, and the children with SAM were administered doses of fixed ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF).
resultsA total of 508 children, who were all under 5 years and had SAM, were admitted into the study. The cured proportion was 87.4% in the control group versus 96.6% in the intervention group ( DISCUSSION: the simplified protocol used at the HCs and HPs did not result in worse recovery and resulted in fewer discharge errors compared to the standard protocol.
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