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The problem
Intervention: Reduction of the dose of Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) distributed to children with SAM, with accompanying measures to address food insecurity, water access, and gender-based violence
Who it was tested with: Children aged 6-59 months with severe acute malnutrition in Mbuji-Mayi, DRC; caregivers, health workers, and local authorities involved in their management.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"The acceptability of the reduced dose of RUTF during the treatment of children 06 to 59 months with SAM was confirmed provided that two conditions were met: firstly, that the savings made are used to treat other children suffering from SAM, but who do not have access to treatment, and secondly, that accompanying measures are put in place to address food insecurity, lack of access to drinking water, and gender-based violence." This demonstrates a qualitative research design assessing stakeholder perspectives on a modified intervention with conditional acceptance.
Qualitative study capturing acceptability perceptions only, not clinical outcomes or actual implementation effects. Findings specific to one DRC context and may not generalise. No quantification of how many held each view beyond descriptors like 'majority' and 'some'.
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