Formulation and effectiveness of egg-enriched local supplementary food to treat moderate acute malnutrition among children aged 9 - 59 months in Hadiya Zone, Central Ethiopia

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202508912011995

Enrollment

332

Registered

2025-08-29

Start date

2025-09-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Moderate acute malnutrition

Interventions

Plumpy sup

Egg enriched local supplementary food

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The children with MUAC of 11.5cm to 12.5cm without bilateral pitting oedema or weight-for-height between -3 and -2 Z score of the WHO child growth standard.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • Children who had any disease or other medical problems that prohibited them from safely consuming egg-enriched supplementary food • Children who were simultaneously involved in another supplementary feeding program • Those children with past/current history of egg allergy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
•Recovery rate within 16 weeks	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
• Rate of weight gain (g/kg/day). • Change in MUAC and WHZ. • Acceptability and adherence. • Time to recovery. • Morbidity incidence.	—

Countries

Ethiopia

Contacts

Public ContactAfework Mulugeta

Major supervisor

afework.mulugeta@gmail.com00914382045

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026