Evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of the treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition by lady health workers as compared to an outpatient therapeutic feeding programme in Sindh Province, Pakistan

• Main Authors: Eleanor Rogers (Author), Saul Guerrero (Author), Deepak Kumar (Author), Sajid Soofi (Author), Shahid Fazal (Author), Karen Martínez (Author), Jose Luis Alvarez Morán (Author), Chloe Puett (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Due to the limited evidence of the cost-effectiveness of Community Health Workers (CHW) delivering treatment for severe acute malnutrition (SAM), there is a need to better understand the costs incurred by both implementing institutions and beneficiary households. This study asses...