Impact of COVID-19 program adaptations on costs and cost-effectiveness of community management of acute malnutrition program in South Sudan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the protocol adaptations on cost and cost-effectiveness of community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) program in South Sudan.

Design

Retrospective program expenditure-based analysis of non-governmental organisation (NGO) CMAM programs for COVID-19 period (April 2020-December 2021) in respect to pre-COVID period (January 2019-March 2020).

Setting

Study was conducted as part of a bigger evaluation study in South Sudan.

Participants

International and national NGOs operating CMAM programs under the nutrition cluster participated in the study.

Results

The average cost per child recovered from the programme declined by 20 % during COVID from $133 (range: $34-1174) pre-COVID to $107 (range: $2

SUBMITTER: Alier KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10830371 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature