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Active and adaptive case finding to estimate therapeutic program coverage for severe acute malnutrition: a

Sheila Isanaka1,2, Bethany L Hedt-Gauthier3,4, Halidou Salou5

  • 1Department of Nutrition and Global Health and Population at Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA. sisanaka@hsph.harvard.edu.

BMC Health Services Research
|December 18, 2019
PubMed
Summary

Active and adaptive case finding (AACF) for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) requires high sensitivity for accurate coverage estimation. Ensuring exhaustive case identification is crucial for valid public health program assessments.

Keywords:
Active and adaptiveCapture recaptureCase findingCommunity-based management of acute malnutritionCoverageNigeriaSQUEACSevere acute malnutritionTherapeutic feeding program

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