Tag: Community based management of acute malnutrition

According to the Sphere Standard, an internationally recognized benchmark, an acceptable recovery rate for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is over 75%. However, recent studies and on-the-ground observations indicate significant variation in recovery rates depending on location, access to care, and the presence of comorbidities.

According to UNICEF, severe wasting affects millions of children under five years old globally every year. In the fight against this life-threatening condition, a critical innovation is the Outpatient Therapeutic Program, or OTP, a cornerstone of modern nutritional treatment. This approach has revolutionized the management of acute malnutrition by decentralizing care from hospitals to the community level, proving to be both effective and highly accessible.