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

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Conditions studied: Acute Malnutrition, Severe, Malnutrition, Child, Wasting

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06380504

Run by

International Food Policy Research Institute

People needed

1080

Starts

2024-05-02

Expected to finish

2027-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-27

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 5. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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

You may not qualify if…

• Anthropometric malformation or being handicapped which hampers anthropometric measurements.

Where it is running

• Kersa and Jeldessa woredas — Jimma, Ethiopia (enrolling)

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