Treatment of acute malnutrition

By 2030, the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, with the support of its partners, is committed to ensuring the treatment of more than 50% of the expected cases of children under 5 years of age suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition. To this end, the capacities of health workers and community health workers in the Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (PCIMA) according to the new national prevention and management protocol will be strengthened; the PCIMA will be integrated into the curricula of basic training; the management of ready-to-use therapeutic food will be strengthened and advanced treatment sites can be set up. The coverage commitment will be followed by the ratio between the number of SAM children admitted to the Care Program and the number of expected children, itself estimated by the assumed prevalence, the incidence and the total number of children. The commitment can be monitored annually because the monitoring indicator is provided each year by the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene. It should be noted that regular monitoring of the performance indicators of SAM management will also be produced by disaggregating the data of SAM children with or without complications.