What is it about?
I developed the local ingredients-based supplement (LIBS) and tested its effect compared to the conventional food (CSB+) in treating children with moderate acute malnutrition using a non-inferiority trial. LIBS was non-inferior to conventional food (CSB+) in treating MAM, and it was relatively successful for treating MAM in children aged 6 to 59 months.
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Why is it important?
The finding from my study provides an experimental indication that LIBS can be used as an alternative to CSB+ in the management of MAM in Ethiopia. In resource poor setting like Ethiopia, treating children with moderate acute malnutrition with locally developed supplement could have a siginificant benefit. Thus, the potential for scaling up the use of LIBS should be promoted.
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Having this article as a first author give me a great pleasure. I had collaborative and hard-working co-authors while preparing this article. This article showed the development of local ingredients-based supplement and its effectiveness to treat moderate acute malnutrition among children aged 6 to 59 months.
Dr Debritu Nane
Wolaita Sodo University
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This page is a summary of: A local-ingredients-based supplement is an alternative to corn-soy blends plus for treating moderate acute malnutrition among children aged 6 to 59 months: A randomized controlled non-inferiority trial in Wolaita, Southern Ethiopia, PLOS One, October 2021, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258715.
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