Project 14

Safety, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of modified doses of ready-to-use therapeutic and supplementary foods for the treatment of acute malnutrition among children 6-59 months of age in Ethiopia: An individually randomized controlled clinical trial

Description

It is an implementational study to generate Evidence and to Scaling Simplified Approaches in the Management of Wasting through Operational Research in Ethiopia.

Objectives

Assess the safety, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of alternative modified dosage protocols for treatment of SAM and MAM, as related to nutritional recovery.

Assess the safety, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of alternative modified dosage protocols for treatment of SAM and MAM, as related to post-discharge outcomes and relapse.

Funding Agency

Power of Nutrition

Project Partners

Action Against Hunger and University of Washington

EPHI PI/s Contact Persons

Yosef Beyene (yosef_beyene@yahoo.com)