Review of Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) in the Post-emergency Context: Synthesis of Lessons on Integration of CMAM into National Health Systems (2008)

FANTA undertook a comprehensive review of the challenges, successes, and lessons learned from the experiences in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Niger in incorporating Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) into their respective government health facilities and protocols. This review discusses recommendations for successful and sustainable integration of CMAM, outlining the specific steps donors, ministries of health, United Nations agencies, and nongovernmental organizations can take to facilitate the process and the next steps needed to expand the knowledge and evidence base for CMAM integration.

Support for the synthesis report was provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance and the USAID Office of Health, Infectious Diseases, and Nutrition, Bureau for Global Health.

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