Clinical Trial: Reducing the Frequency of Follow up and Task Sharing in the Treatment of Uncomplicated Severe Acute Malnutrition

Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Not yet recruiting
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: Reducing the Frequency of Follow up and Task Sharing in the Treatment of Uncomplicated Severe Acute Malnutrition: an Evaluation of Monthly Visits and Home-based Surveillan

Brief Summary: This study will be conducted as a stratified cluster randomized trial. The unit of randomization will be the outpatient therapeutic feeding center. The 10 health centers will be stratified by size, and centers within a stratum will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to one of two schedules of treatment: (1) standard weekly visits or (2) monthly visits with support for home-based surveillance.