The Cost of Managing Moderate Wasting Using Local Foods: Evidence from Three Interventions in Northeast Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Management of moderate wasting (MW) is an important component of country-level strategies to address wasting, given high caseloads and susceptibility to illness and death. However, many countries experience challenges in providing targeted supplementary feeding programmes with specially formulated foods involved in managing MW. Some implementing agencies have developed a community-based programme using locally available foods (LF) for MW management known as Tom Brown. This study assessed the costs and cost-efficiency of three Tom Brown programmes (two with an 8-week supplementation duration, one with a 10-week duration).

Design

We assessed institutional costs and selected estimates of societal costs to households and community volunteers.

Setting

Northeast N

SUBMITTER: Gobin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12722097 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature