Effect of dietary intervention on the prevalence of asymptomatic malaria among 6-18-month-old children in rural Malawi.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The complex interaction between malaria and undernutrition leads to increased mortality and morbidity rate among young children in malaria-endemic regions. Results from previous interventions suggest that improving nutritional status of young children may reduce the burden of malaria. This study tested a hypothesis that provision of lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS) or corn-soy blend (CSB) supplementation to 6-18-month-old children in Malawi would reduce the prevalence of asymptomatic malaria among them.

Methods

A total of 840 6-month-old children were enrolled in a randomized trial. The participants received 12-month supplementation with three different daily dietary supplementations: CSB, soy-LNS, or milk-LNS, and one control group without supplementation.

SUBMITTER: Sady H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10496296 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature