Overview

Treatment of High-Risk Moderate Acute Malnutrition Using Expanded Admission Criteria

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2020-06-05
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This project explores whether children have better growth and cognitive development when the clinic identifies "higher risk" MAM children and support them either with the same treatment as SAM children or with the recommended practice: nutrition counseling.
Phase:
N/A
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Washington University School of Medicine
Collaborators:
Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Kids, Toronto, Canada
Department of Psychology, University of Tampere, Finland
Project Peanut Butter, Sierra Leone
Treatments:
Amoxicillin