An agro-biodiversification and nutrition counselling intervention to improve the nutrition status of young children in rural sub-Saharan Africa

Conditions

E40-E46 B50.9

Dominic Bassah, Emilie E. McClintic, Amy R. Sharn, Suela Sulo, Erick Agure et al. (10 authors)

BMC Public Health2026-08-12

Associations between dietary patterns and adequate intake of climate-sensitive micronutrients among young children living in Siaya County, Kenya: Findings from the ALIMUS study baseline data

Grace Wothaya Kihagi, Isabel Mank, Adi Lukas Kurniawan, Tracy Bonsu Osei, Gabriele Stieglbauer et al. (9 authors)

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition2026-03-26

10.1186/s41043-026-01293-y

ALIMUS—We are feeding! Study protocol of a multi-center, cluster-randomized controlled trial on the effects of a home garden and nutrition counseling intervention to reduce child undernutrition in rural Burkina Faso and Kenya

Isabel Mank, Raïssa Sorgho, Fanta Zerbo, Moubassira Kagoné, Boubacar Coulibaly et al. (11 authors)

Trials2022-06-018 citations

10.1186/s13063-022-06423-5

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention arm: home gardens and nutrition counselling Group 2: Control arm: Standard therapy (nutrition information)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

6 Months to 24 Months

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Family lives in 10 km perimeter of 5 local weather stations; 2. Family has at least one child aged 6-24 months; 3. Family has access to at least 40 m2 land; 4. Family has access to a water source; 5. Informed consent has been signed

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Residence in the study area is not permanent; 2. Child or caregivers have any severe diseases that prevents them from participating actively in the intervention program; 3. No informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Height-for-age z-score after one year of the intervention (measured by anthropometric assessments)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Nutrient status after 1 year intervention period (by hand-held spectrometry) 2. Dietary practices after 1 year intervention period (by food frequency questionnaire) 3. Incidence of clinical malaria (by finger-pricked blood sample, thick and thn films, Giemsa staining, expert microscopy and body temperature using a thermometer) 4. Economic benefits for the families (by questionnaire-base interview about income and expenditure)	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Nutrient status after 1 year intervention period (by hand-held spectrometry) 2. Dietary practices after 1 year intervention period (by food frequency questionnaire) 3. Incidence of clinical malaria (by finger-pricked blood sample, thick and thn films, Giemsa staining, expert microscopy and body temperature using a thermometer) 4. Economic benefits for the families (by questionnaire-base interview about income and expenditure)

—

Countries

Burkina Faso, Kenya

Contacts

Public ContactIna Danquah

Heidelberger Institut für Global Health (HIGH), Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

ina.danquah@uni-heidelberg.de+49 (0) 6221 56-5038

Outcome results

None listed