Effectiveness of Safe Drinking Water in Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition (Pakistan)

Launched by ACTION CONTRE LA FAIM · Apr 25, 2016

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ClinConnect Summary

A four group randomized control trial (RCT) will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of safe drinking water in SAM treatment protocols. Intervention groups will include: 1) standard SAM treatment (control group); 2) standard SAM treatment + flocculent-disinfectant water treatment (P\&G Purifier of Water); 3) standard SAM treatment + chlorine disinfectant ("Aquatabs", a locally available mass market product); and 4) standard SAM treatment + ceramic water filter (locally available mass market product). All intervention groups will receive the standard SAM nutrition treatment and hygiene edu...

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Children in each selected community will be eligible for inclusion in the study if they are
• • 1. between six and 59 months of age,
• • 2. diagnosed as an uncomplicated SAM case
• • 3. enrolled in ACF's CMAMprogram
• • 4. if the child's caretaker gives consent for the child's participation.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Children will be ineligible for participation if
• • 1. they have a diagnosis of kwashiorkor; OR 2) they require in-patient treatment for SAM
• • 2. their caretakers are unwilling or unable to agree to their participation.
• • Children graduating from in-patient treatment (i.e no remaining medical complications) to the out-patient CMAM program will be eligible for participation.