Treatment of Moderate Acute Malnutrition by Community Health Volunteers is Cost-Effective: Insights from Turkana County, Kenya

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Briefs, Fact Sheets and Brochures, Study: ResearchTreatment of Moderate Acute Malnutrition by Community Health Volunteers is Cost-Effective: Insights from Turkana County, KenyaPublication year: 
2023
English
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PDF (1.0 MiB)
Publisher: 
Save the Children International
Integrating the treatment of acute malnutrition by community health volunteers (CHVs) into integrated community case management (iCCM) can improve acute malnutrition treatment outcomes. However, little is known about the cost-effectiveness of such an intervention in Kenya. This study assessed the cost-effectiveness of integrating the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) by CHVs into the iCCM program in Turkana County, Kenya
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Save the Children International
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PDF
Content type
Briefs, Fact Sheets and Brochures, Study: Research
Country
Kenya
Region
Eastern Africa
Topics
Child Health, Health and Nutrition, Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition
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Keywords
Acute MalnutritionChild malnutritionCommunity Case Management
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