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To establish effective nutrition protocol for community based management of children with Severe Acute Malnutrition and to demonstrate operational feasibility through the existing Government system in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra in India

COMMUNITY BASED MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE MALNUTRITION (CMAM) USING GLOBAL PROTOCOL - MNT / RUTF IN NANDURBAR - CMAM

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2014/09/004958
Enrollment
9000
Registered
2014-09-02
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- CHILDREN WITH SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION (SAM) AND MODERATE ACUTE MALNUTRITION (MAM)

Interventions

Intervention1: MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY (MNT): THERAPEUTIC FOOD PREPARED FROM PEANUT, MILK POWDER, SUGAR AND OIL WITH ADDED VITAMINS AND MINERALS AS PER WHO RECOMMENDATIONS. PROVIDES 500 KCAL PER 92

Sponsors

United Nations Childrens Fund
Lead Sponsor
JAMSHETJI TATA TRUST
Collaborator

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: • Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition based on following criteria, o Weight for height less than -3 SD based new WHO growth standard table for weight for height and / or o MUAC less than 11.5 cm and / or o Bilateral pitting oedema of any grade • Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition passing appetite test • Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition after successfully completing initial treatment at facility based care • Children with above criteria and parent gives informed consent to participate • For children with MAM â?? Children with weight for height between â??2 SD to â??3 SD

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • Children under six months of age • Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition and having any medical complications will be referred to facility based care for initial management / stabilization • Children where parent rejects to participate

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Children with SAM and MAM are cured, i.e. MUAC more than 12.5 cm / weight for height more than -2 SD and Clinically well and no oedema 2. Average weight gain more than 5 g/kg/day 3.Average length of stay for cure is about 6 weeks 4. Reduction in child mortality by 50%Timepoint: 1. 8 weeks 2. 8 weeks 3. 8 weeks 4. 1 year—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Relapse rate less than 10% 2. Non-responder rates less than 10% 3. Reduction in morbidity profile â?? number of attacks of diarrhea and RTI 4. Reduction in the prevalence of children with SAMTimepoint: 1 year—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactMS VANDANA KRISHNA

UNICEF

drmapaa@yahoo.com9821069353

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026