Authors: Eleanor Rogers, Saul Guerrero, Deepak Kumar, Sajid Soofi, Shahid Fazal, Karen Martínez, Jose Luis Alvarez Morán and Chloe Puett
In this article, a cost effectiveness analysis is used to compare outpatient facility–based treatment of severe acute malnutrition with one delivered by community health workers in rural Pakistan. The study found that facility based treatment was only slightly more cost-effective than the alternative.
Link: Evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of the treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition by lady health workers as compa
Resource Topic: Community Health Workers/Volunteers
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2019
Region: Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Country: Pakistan
Publisher May Restrict Access: No