Increased treatment coverage, reduced incidence of severe acute malnutrition with the OptiMA protocol: a prospective observational cohort in rural Chad
Increased treatment coverage, reduced incidence of severe acute malnutrition with the OptiMA protocol: a prospective observational cohort in rural Chad 13,489 cartons of RUTF used for 33,682 treatments Median 53 RUTF sachets per recovery in 2022 and 45 sachets in 2023.MUAC <125mm is not capturing lowerrisk moderate cases.
Authors
- Harouna Boubacar
- Maguy Daurès (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2878-4524)
- Rodrigue Alitanou
- Kieran J. Phelan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4943-8268)
- Wahauwouélé Hermann Coulibaly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6189-0316)
- Markus Béchir
- Susan Shepherd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9515-4333)
- Andrew Bing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4629-9971)
- A. Aly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3115-2667)
- Madhusudan Saha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2992-3127)
- Ilves Sana
- Fatoumata Keïta
- Masra Ngaradoum
- I Golnodji
- Didier Tokoumnogo Zidouemba
- M Madissem
- ML Nouhou
- FC Tehoua
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.57740/rnrp3inar
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00