2.4.4. Treatment
wasting
WASTING
A weekly supply of RUTF was provided in a box during each of the weekly check-up visits, adjusted each week to the weight of the child according to the MoH Guidelines on SAM treatment (Each sachet was kept in a zip-lock plastic bag labelled with the name of the child, the name of the mother/caregiver, week, day and date of consumption. Mothers/caregivers were given counselling on RUTF consumption. In addition, the child also received broad-spectrum antibiotics (amoxicillin) for five days in the first week of the intervention and anthelminthic therapy (pyrantel palmoate) according to the MoH Guidelines on the treatment of severe wasting, except for those who had received deworming in the past six months.