Treating the Severely Malnourished: The Community Therapeutic Care (CTC) Approach Community Therapeutic Care PowerPoint presented by Dr. Steve Collins, Valid International Valid International Concern Worldwide

Community Therapeutic Care Workshop in Dublin, October 2003

FANTA collaborated with partner organizations Concern Worldwide and Valid International to coordinate a workshop in Dublin, Ireland, from October 8-10, focusing on the Community Therapeutic Care (CTC) approach. CTC is a community-based approach for treating acutely malnourished people in times of stress, providing fast, effective, low-cost assistance. FANTA provides technical assistance and supports monitoring of the program in Ethiopia, Sudan, and Malawi with funds from the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) of USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, and the Office of Health, Infectious Disease and Nutrition (HIDN) of USAID's Bureau for Global Health. The workshop brought together approximately 70 key players in severe malnutrition management including program implementers, technical advisors, academics, bilateral donors and multilateral agencies such as the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations World Food Program (WFP).

Download The Emergency Nutrition Network's Report on the Proceedings of the October 2003 CTC Workshop [302 kb]

WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS & AGENDA
Agenda		14kb
Day 1 - October 8th, 2003
Presentations	Presenters or Authors	PDFs
Introduction to CTC	Steve Collins, Valid International	3.36mb
Practical Approach to Managing Acute Malnutrition	Concern Worldwide/Valid International	15kb
CTC in Malawi	Concern Worldwide/Valid International	563kb
Concern Worldwide in Ethiopia I	Concern Worldwide/Valid International	373kb
Concern Worldwide in Ethiopia II	Concern Worldwide/Valid International	213kb
Save the Children and CTC - North Sudan	Anna Taylor, Save the Children UK	107kb
Concern Worldwide in South Sudan	Tear Fund/Concern Worldwide/Valid International	205kb
CTC in Practice - Coverage Survey Techniques	Mark Myatt, Brixton Health/Valid International	87kb
Outpatient vs. Inpatient Rehabilitation of Severe Malnutrition - Sierra Leone	Carlos Navarro-Colorado, Action Contre la Faim	38kb
Ambulatory Treatment of Severely Malnourished Children: Experience from Afghanistan (MSF-B)	Sophie Baquet, MSF-B	156kb
Ambulatory Treatment for Severe Acute Malnutrition, MSF-F Maradi (Niger)	MSF-F Maradi	252kb
Experience with Ready to Use Therapeutic Food in Senegal	Diop, E; Dossou, N; Ndour, M; Wade, S. Equipe de Nutrition, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques UCAD, Dakar, Sénégal Briend, A. Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD).	46kb
Home based Ready to Use Therapeutic Feeding - Blantyre District - Urban and Rural Malawi	Anne Nesbitt. Valid International / Concern Worldwide; Action Against Hunger; St Louis Nutrition Programme; Dept. Pediatrics and Community Health, College of Medicine, Malawi.	130kb
Day 2 - October 9th, 2003
Presentations	Presenters or Authors	PDFs
Costs & Trends in Treating Severe Acute Malnutrition	Enric Freixa, ECHO	24kb
Social Engagement as an Element of CTC: Dowa District, Malawi	James Lee, Consultant to Valid International	118kb
An Anthropological Study on Attitudes and Perceptions of CTC Among Malawians	University of Malawi: Chiwoza Bandawe (College of Medicine) and Nellie Kabwazi (Chancellor College)	674kb
Ethical Aspects of CTC	Prof. Joseph Mfutso-Bengo, Malawi Bio-ethics Research Unit of University of Malawi	33kb
Socio-anthropological Aspects of Recovery from Malnutrition at Home: Example of Sierra Leone	Action Contre la Faim	91kb
Producing Plumpy’nut in Developing Countries	Nutriset	288kb
Plumpy’nut: history and evolution	André Briend, IRD-ISTNA	82kb
Local Production of RUTF in Malawi and Ethiopia	Dr. Peter Fellows, Consultant to Valid International	213kb
Development of Alternative Formulations	Jeya Henry and Teodros Seyoum, Oxford Brookes University	81kb
Day 3 - October 10th, 2003
Presentations	Presenters or Authors	PDFs
On Day 2, six working groups met with a set of specific propositions to debate and present on the following day. Working groups were expected to: 1. Identify areas of consensus and disagreement 2. Identify remaining questions 3. Identify priorities for research. Outcomes for each group were presented on Day 3.
Group 1 Presentation		10kb
Group 2 Presentation		11kb
Group 3 Presentation		12kb
Group 4 Presentation		134kb
Group 5 Presentation		33kb
Group 6 Presentation		9kb
Community-based Therapeutic Care Nomenclature		71kb
Nutrition, HIV/AIDS and CTC Issues for Consideration	Claudia Hudspeth, UNICEF Johannesburg	698kb