| Author(s) |
Emanuela Galasso, Ann M. Weber, Christine P. Stewart, Lisy Ratsifandrihamanana, Lia C. H. Fernald |
| Date |
2019-09 |
| Country |
Madagascar |
| Language |
English |
| Contributor(s) |
EG, AMW, and LCHF drafted the manuscript with input from all coauthors. LR, AMW, and LCHF developed the child development assessment protocols and piloted and refined the instruments. CPS developed the nutrition interventions and the protocols for bioch |
| Publisher(s) |
Elsevier Ltd. |
| Description |
This cluster-randomised controlled trial evaluated the effects of delivering LNS and early stimulation to children during the first 1,000 days of life by integrating new intervention strategies into an existing community-based programme, which provides growth monitoring, nutrition education, and health referrals for treatment. The existing programme, which is implemented by the Madagascar Government, is a key component of the country’s nutrition and food security strategy and is already operating at scale, covering around 7,000 sites across Madagascar. In addition to primary outcomes (anthropometrics and child development), we recorded information across a range of measures along the pathways of impact. Results will directly inform future programme design and scale-up and are expected to be generalisable to other low-income settings where the prevalence of stunting is high. |
| Table of contents |
- Summary
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Data Sharing
- Supplementary Material
- References |
| Download |
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X19303171?via%3Dihub#cesec110 |
