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Increasing the Coverage of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) Treatment in Ethiopia

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by International Food Policy Research Institute
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorInternational Food Policy Research Institute
Started2024-05-02
Est. completion2026-09-30
Eligibility
Age6 Months – 5 Years
Healthy vol.Accepted
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NCT06380504

Summary

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 cases and those enrolled in outpatient treatment programs (OTP). The primary objectives of the R-SWITCH studies are to assess the intervention's impact on OTP coverage, identify implementation barriers and facilitators, and evaluate its cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Eligibility

Age: 6 Months – 5 YearsHealthy volunteers accepted
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 anthropometric measurements.

Conditions4

Acute Malnutrition, SevereMalnutrition, ChildWastingWeight Loss

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