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Background Since the early 2010s, there has been a push to enhance the capacity to effectively treat wasting in children through community‐based service delivery models and thus reduce morbidity and mortality. Objectives To assess the effectiveness of identification and treatment of moderate and severe wasting in children aged five years or under by lay health workers working in the community compared with health providers working in health facilities. Search methods We searched MEDLINE, CENTRAL, two other databases, and two ongoing trials registers to 24 September 2021. We also screened the reference lists of related systematic reviews and all included studies. Selection criteria We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and non‐randomised studies in children aged five years or under with moderate wasting (defined as weight‐for‐height Z‐score (WHZ) below −2 but no lower than ≥ −3, or mid‐upper‐arm circumference (MUAC) below 125 mm but no lower than 115 mm, and no nutritional oedema) or severe wasting (WHZ below −3 or MUAC below 115 mm or nutritional oedema). Eligible interventions were: • identification by lay health workers (LHWs) of children with wasting (intervention 1); • identification by LHWs of children with wasting and medical complications needing referral (intervention 2); and • identification by LHWs of children with wasting without medical complications needing referral (intervention 3). Eligible comparators were: • identification and treatment of wasting by health professionals such as nurses or doctors (at health facilities); and • identification and treatment of wasting by health facility‐based teams, including health professionals and LHWs. Data collection and analysis Two review authors independently screened trials, extracted data and assessed risk of bias using the Cochrane risk of bias tool (RoB 2) and Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) guidelines. We used a random‐effects model to meta‐analyse data, producing risk ratios (RRs) for dichotomous outcomes in trials with individual allocation, adjusted RRs for dichotomous outcomes in trials with cluster allocation (using the generic inverse variance method in Review Manager 5), and mean differences (MDs) for continuous outcomes. We used the GRADE approach to assess the certainty of the evidence. Main results We included two RCTs and five non‐RCTs. Six studies were from African countries, and one was from Pakistan. Six studies included children with severe wasting, and one included children with moderate wasting. All studies offered home‐based ready‐to‐use therapeutic food treatment and monitoring. Children received antibiotics in three studies, vitamins or micronutrients in three studies, and deworming treatment in two studies. In three studies, the comparison arm involved LHWs screening...
Background Since the early 2010s, there has been a push to enhance the capacity to effectively treat wasting in children through community‐based service delivery models and thus reduce morbidity and mortality. Objectives To assess the effectiveness of identification and treatment of moderate and severe wasting in children aged five years or under by lay health workers working in the community compared with health providers working in health facilities. Search methods We searched MEDLINE, CENTRAL, two other databases, and two ongoing trials registers to 24 September 2021. We also screened the reference lists of related systematic reviews and all included studies. Selection criteria We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and non‐randomised studies in children aged five years or under with moderate wasting (defined as weight‐for‐height Z‐score (WHZ) below −2 but no lower than ≥ −3, or mid‐upper‐arm circumference (MUAC) below 125 mm but no lower than 115 mm, and no nutritional oedema) or severe wasting (WHZ below −3 or MUAC below 115 mm or nutritional oedema). Eligible interventions were: • identification by lay health workers (LHWs) of children with wasting (intervention 1); • identification by LHWs of children with wasting and medical complications needing referral (intervention 2); and • identification by LHWs of children with wasting without medical complications needing referral (intervention 3). Eligible comparators were: • identification and treatment of wasting by health professionals such as nurses or doctors (at health facilities); and • identification and treatment of wasting by health facility‐based teams, including health professionals and LHWs. Data collection and analysis Two review authors independently screened trials, extracted data and assessed risk of bias using the Cochrane risk of bias tool (RoB 2) and Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) guidelines. We used a random‐effects model to meta‐analyse data, producing risk ratios (RRs) for dichotomous outcomes in trials with individual allocation, adjusted RRs for dichotomous outcomes in trials with cluster allocation (using the generic inverse variance method in Review Manager 5), and mean differences (MDs) for continuous outcomes. We used the GRADE approach to assess the certainty of the evidence. Main results We included two RCTs and five non‐RCTs. Six studies were from African countries, and one was from Pakistan. Six studies included children with severe wasting, and one included children with moderate wasting. All studies offered home‐based ready‐to‐use therapeutic food treatment and monitoring. Children received antibiotics in three studies, vitamins or micronutrients in three studies, and deworming treatment in two studies. In three studies, the comparison arm involved LHWs screening...
ver the last decade, India has made substantial progress in child health, particularly in terms of improvement of health services during pregnancy and delivery, widespread provision of facility based neonatal care, and better treatment of common childhood diseases -leading to a reduction in infant mortality rate (IMR) by almost 40% and under 5 mortality rate by 45% [1]. However, there is still much work to be done as regional and socioeconomic inequalities still exist, preventable conditions such as neonatal asphyxia, neonatal sepsis, pneumonia and diarrhea are still the most common causes of under 5 deaths [2], and malnutrition is the major risk factor underlying these deaths [3]. Moreover, with better survival, we must now focus on quality and productivity of life.
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