OUADINUT Project - WASH and Nutrition Integration
2014 - 2016 • Action Contre La Faim (ACF, Action Against Hunger)
Purpose
Research on the benefits of a household WASH package to Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) program in Chad
Activities
The study is conducted in Chad, Mao and Mondo districts of the Kanem region.
In the context of nutritional rehabilitation of SAM (Severe Acute Malnutrition), it is hypothesized that improving water quality and hygiene-related care practices at household level would decrease incidences of WASH-related infections, such as diarrhoea, nematode and environmental enteric dysfunction (EED). As such, it would improve weight gain, decrease relapses after successful discharge, and overall, could decrease over time the incidence of acute malnutrition in the community.
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Objectives
The ultimate goal is to contribute to the reduction of mortality and morbidity in children under 5 years of age as well as to decrease the prevalence of Severe Acute Malnutrition in the community. The objective of the research is to assess the effectiveness of adding a household WASH component to the standard outpatient treatment of severe acute malnutrition.
Further information
Partners: Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium (international); Sahel Association of Applied Research for Sustainable Development (national)
Contact information
Mathias Altmann; Claire Gailardou
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Behaviour change Health and hygiene International NGO Other funding source or unspecified Practitioners Rural Specific to one or several countries Sub-Saharan Africa WASH and nutrition
