The cost and cost-effectiveness of integrating wasting prevention into screening in facility- and community-based platforms in Burkina Faso and Mali
Objectives: The release of the new WHO guideline on the prevention and treatment of child wasting identified a dearth of rigorous evidence on the cost-effectiveness of wasting-related interventions, and especially so for interventions that integrate prevention into screening. We estimated the cost a...
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| Formato: | Resumen |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2024
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148991 |
| Sumario: | Objectives: The release of the new WHO guideline on the prevention and treatment of child wasting identified a dearth of rigorous evidence on the cost-effectiveness of wasting-related interventions, and especially so for interventions that integrate prevention into screening. We estimated the cost and cost-effectiveness of integrating prevention interventions - behavior change communication (BCC) and small quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) - into a facility-based platform in Burkina Faso with enhanced BCC and a community-based platform in Mali with standard BCC. |
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