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Effectiveness of screening and treatment of children with severe acute malnutrition by community health workers in Simiyu region, Tanzania: a quasi-experimental pilot study.


ABSTRACT: Health system constraints hamper treatment of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in Tanzania. This non-inferiority quasi-experimental study in Bariadi (intervention) and Maswa (control) districts assessed the effectiveness, coverage, and cost-effectiveness of SAM treatment by community health workers (CHWs) compared with outpatient therapeutic care (OTC). We included 154 and 210 children aged 6-59 months with SAM [mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC)?

SUBMITTER: Wilunda C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7840757 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effectiveness of screening and treatment of children with severe acute malnutrition by community health workers in Simiyu region, Tanzania: a quasi-experimental pilot study.

Wilunda Calistus C   Mumba Fortihappiness Gabinus FG   Putoto Giovanni G   Maya Gloria G   Musa Elias E   Lorusso Vincenza V   Magige Chacha C   Leyna Germana G   Manenti Fabio F   Dalla Riva Donata D   Ntoga Bupe Abel BA   Segafredo Giulia G  

Scientific reports 20210127 1


Health system constraints hamper treatment of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in Tanzania. This non-inferiority quasi-experimental study in Bariadi (intervention) and Maswa (control) districts assessed the effectiveness, coverage, and cost-effectiveness of SAM treatment by community health workers (CHWs) compared with outpatient therapeutic care (OTC). We included 154 and 210 children aged 6-59 months with SAM [mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) < 11.5 cm] without medical complicat  ...[more]

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