Evaluation of the family-led MUAC component of an integrated package of interventions to reduce wasting in Chad and Mali

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dc.creatorDiop, Loty
dc.creatorBecquey, Elodie
dc.creatorDiatta, Ampa Dogui
dc.creatorTouré, Mariama
dc.creatorFall, Talla
dc.creatorOuedraogo, Moctar
dc.creatorSawadogo, Abdoulaye
dc.creatorHuybregts, Lieven
dc.date2023-04
dc.date2024-02-07T20:40:23Z
dc.date2024-02-07T20:40:23Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:01:10Z
dc.description• Family-led MUAC, where caregivers and other household members screen their own children regularly to detect child wasting early-on, is a promising strategy to boost screening coverage leading to more children with wasting to be referred and enrolled in available treatment services. • In settings with regular active screening for wasting by community care groups in Chad and Mali, family-led MUAC had limited reach and effectiveness, thus contributing few additional cases detected, referred, and enrolled in wasting treatment services. • The introduction of family-led MUAC remained below expectation because the anticipated monthly home visits (main delivery platform) represented too much of a workload for volunteers. Monthly group sessions can be a suitable platform to train households to apply family-led MUAC on the condition that the attending number of caregivers per session is capped to allow for a more individualized approach. • Less than half of the households disposing of MUAC tapes screened their children monthly. The main reason reported for non-adoption was lack of knowledge and confidence on how to conduct the measurements, which calls for better training of caregivers and more social support to conduct the measurements. • Both the inadequate introduction by community volunteers, as well as the poor adoption by households of family-led MUAC resulted in a low reach of monthly screening by households (up to 10% in Chad and up to 25% in Mali). • Caregivers were able to measure their children’s MUAC accurately, and caregiver knowledge of family-led MUAC was moderate (Mali) to very high (Chad). • The short duration of the IRAM program (7-9 months), due to the COVID-19 crisis, may have hampered a continuous learning process leading to improvement of family-led MUAC over time.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/139058
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/92222
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceDiop, Loty; Becquey, Elodie; Diatta, Ampa D.; Touré, Mariama; Fall, Talla; Ouedraogo, Moctar; Sawadogo, Abdoulaye; Huybregts, Lieven. 2023. Evaluation of the family-led MUAC component of an integrated package of interventions to reduce wasting in Chad and Mali. IFPRI Technical Report April 2023. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139058
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectchild wasting
dc.subjectrecuperation
dc.subjectmalnutrition
dc.titleEvaluation of the family-led MUAC component of an integrated package of interventions to reduce wasting in Chad and Mali
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