Impact on child acute malnutrition of integrating a preventive nutrition package into facility-based screening for acute malnutrition during well-baby consultation: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in Burkina Faso.

<h4>Background</h4>Community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) is a highly efficacious approach for treating acute malnutrition (AM) in children who would otherwise be at significantly increased risk of mortality. In program settings, however, CMAM's effectiveness is limited b...

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Main Authors: Elodie Becquey, Lieven Huybregts, Amanda Zongrone, Agnes Le Port, Jef L Leroy, Rahul Rawat, Mariama Touré, Marie T Ruel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-08-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002877