The cost and cost-effectiveness of integrating wasting prevention into screening in facility- and community-based platforms in Burkina Faso and Mali

Brander, Rebecca L.; Puett, Chloe; Becquey, Elodie; Leroy, Jef L.; Ruel, Marie T.; Sessou, Fidele Eric; and Huybregts, Lieven. 2024. The cost and cost-effectiveness of integrating wasting prevention into screening in facility- and community-based platforms in Burkina Faso and Mali. Current Developments in Nutrition 8 (Supplement 2): 102929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.102929

Objectives: The release of the new WHO guideline on the prevention and treatment of child wasting identified a dearth of rigorous evidence on the cost-effectiveness of wasting-related interventions, and especially so for interventions that integrate prevention into screening. We estimated the cost and cost-effectiveness of integrating prevention interventions - behavior change communication (BCC) and small quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) - into a facility-based platform in Burkina Faso with enhanced BCC and a community-based platform in Mali with standard BCC.