dc.contributor.author | Ahimbisibwe, Martin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-11T00:18:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-09-11T00:18:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ahimbisibwe, M. (2013). A comparative study of the efficacy of super cereal, vegetable oil and sugar combination vs plumpy sup in treatment of moderate acute malnutrition in Acholi Region, Uganda. Unpublished masters dissertation. Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10570/5673 | |
dc.description | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Masters of Business Administration Degree of Makerere University | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of two new and improved nutritious
food commodities, plumpy sup and a mixture of super cereal with vegetable oil and sugar, in
the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition. The study adopted a research design which was
in the form of a prospective, cluster-randomized controlled trial, comparing the relative
effectiveness of the two supplemental feeding commodities. Randomization was done from a
list of the 40 health centres (clusters) across the districts. Each centre allocated to distribute one
of the two commodities using a random number generator (clusters were assumed to have
negligible within-cluster correlation). A total of 20 health centres distributed Plumpy sup while
the other 20 health centres distributed CSB+ with vegetable oil and sugar (see Appendix for list
of centers). Data was collected using primary data collected from a WFP supported community
based supplementary feeding programme, whereby the study employed an accelerated failure
time model to study the recovery time for moderate acute malnourished children 6-59 months
of age in the WFP supported supplementary feeding programme A total of 1,515 children
under the age of five years were included in the study. The findings revealed that although
plumpy sup led to shorter recovery period than supercereal-sugar-vegetable oil mixture, the
difference was only three days and cost more. The study concluded that CSB-Sugar-Oil premix
is a better treatment intervention for moderate acute malnutrition in Acholi region, compared to
plumpy sup based on cost and the fact that with the same funding for plumpy sup, 5,565 more
children would be able to benefit if the mixture was applied. The study recommended that for
managers making programmatic decisions on which commodity to consider, super cerealsugar-
vegetable oil large scale programmes while local production possibilities are explored to
reduce costs of using plumpy sup. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Makerere University | en_US |
dc.subject | Malnutrition | en_US |
dc.subject | Nutritious foods | en_US |
dc.subject | Cereal crops | en_US |
dc.subject | Vegetables | en_US |
dc.subject | Acholi Region | en_US |
dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
dc.title | A comparative study of the efficacy of super cereal, vegetable oil and sugar combination vs plumpy sup in treatment of moderate acute malnutrition in Acholi Region, Uganda | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis/Dissertation (Masters) | en_US |