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Filter by:Moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) refers to a condition characterized by a significant deficit in weight-for-length measurements in children aged 6 to 59 months. It is a crucial public health concern with detrimental effects on child growth, development, and overall well-being. Addressing MAM is crucial to prevent its progression to severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and to ensure healthy child development. To meet the nutritional requirement of MAM children, icddr,b have come up with a novel intervention named microbiota-directed food (MDF), a ready-to-use supplementary food. The investigator propose this efficacy trial to establish the evidence on the effect of this novel intervention on ponderal growth, microbial and proteomic recovery among the children with MAM in comparison to the standard RUSF.
Protocols for the community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) have not changed significantly for more than 20 years, with relatively complex treatment protocols and persistent supply chain challenges that have limited overall program coverage, leaving millions of malnourished children without care annually. The overarching goal of this research project is to simultaneously test two novel simplified approaches in CMAM with potential to improve program coverage. The simplified approach includes two parallel clinical trials for SAM and MAM treatment. Two fixed-dose regimes of RUTF will be tested against the current fixed-dose regimen of RUTS for children with MAM.
In spite of the large burden of acute malnutrition in the country, the Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) protocol approved in Bangladesh highly deviates from the WHO normative guidance, in that it does not support the use of any currently existing nutritional products for Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) cases: it relies solely on nutrition counselling. On another hand, some non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are implementing programs making a standard use of specialized nutritional products, such as nutritional supplements like Wheat Soy Blend (WSB)++ to manage MAM cases, in children of Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMNs) in the refugee camps situated at the south-eastern region of the country and in some crisis-affected districts as well. The "no-food" CMAM policy for MAM is decreasing the cost of treatment, yet this may undermine effectiveness and impact. In this context, policy makers need evidence regarding context specific, effective and scalable interventions for CMAM. This cluster randomized control trial (cRCT) will be conducted in the host communities in Teknaf and Ukhiya sub-districts of Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh among children aged 6-59 months suffering from MAM who will be assigned to receive either of the 2 different treatment packages for a period of 4 months (120 days). Then followed up for 6 months (180 days) post treatment completion. Each arm will consist of 280 children with MAM. Both the arms will receive nutrition counselling along with the study intervention, as follows: In the first arm, the treatment packages for children with MAM will include a standard use of specialized nutritional products developed to address the nutritional needs of these children in acute crisis/emergency settings and widely used internationally: children with MAM will receive WSB++ with nutrition counselling for a period of 4 months (120 days),. In the second arm, children with MAM will receive 15 MNP with improved nutrition counselling for a period of 4 months (120 days). A cluster sampling technique will be used to enroll participants. Each Community Clinic and Union Health & Family Welfare Centers will serve as unit of cluster for the randomization. Primary outcome variables are: 1) Daily weight gain (g/kg/d) between enrolment and end of the treatment period. 2) Recovery rate (%) at the end of the treatment period.
Protocols for the community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) have not changed significantly for more than 20 years, with relatively complex treatment protocols and persistent supply chain challenges that have limited overall program coverage, leaving millions of malnourished children without care annually. The overarching goal of this research project is to simultaneously test two novel simplified approaches in CMAM with potential to improve program coverage. The simplified approach includes two parallel clinical trials for SAM and MAM treatment. For the Family MUAC follow-up study, children who recover from these two parallel clinical trials will be enrolled in trial to test the effectiveness of MUAC screening at home by the child's caregivers as a self-referral strategy, compared to a scheduled health facility-led strategy and the standard of care of community-based follow-up visits.