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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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Image: ACF Research Project in Chad

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Location of main activity

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

Attached files

OUADINUT Project - Communication Leaflet

Format: pdf file
Size: 0.29 MB

Action Contre la Faim
Paris
France


Action Contre La Faim (ACF, Action Against Hunger) is an international humanitarian organization committed to ending world hunger. Recognized as a leader in the fight against malnutrition, ACF saves the lives of malnourished children while providing communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger. With more than 35 years of expertise in emergency situations of conflict, natural disaster, and chronic food insecurity, ACF runs programs in over 45 countries. ACF's 6,500+ professionals work to carry out programs in nutrition, food security & livelihoods, and water, sanitation, & hygiene (WASH). ACF’s humanitarian programs directly assist over seven million people each year, along with countless others, through capacity building programs in collaboration with government ministries. Committed to principled humanitarian action, ACF restores dignity, self-sufficiency, and independence to vulnerable populations around the world. ACF is part of the Global WASH Cluster and member of key networks End Water Poverty (EWP), Coalition Eau and SuSanA.

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