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Evaluation of Two Community Based Screening Strategies for Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children 6-59 Months in Mirria District, Niger

NCT01863394 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4429

Last updated 2014-07-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of this study is to determine the efficacity of a community strategy for screening children 06-59 months old for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) conducted by their mothers' compared with a community screening strategy conducted by Community Health Workers.

Conditions

  • Malnutrition

Interventions

OTHER

Screening by mothers

OTHER

Active comparator: Screening by community health workers

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Nikki BLACKWELL, FCICM · Alliance for International Medical Action

  • Isabelle Defourney, MBBS · Alliance for International Medical Action

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
59 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-05-31
Primary Completion
2014-04-30
Completion
2014-04-30

Countries

  • Niger

Study Locations

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