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Flow diagram of cases. CHWs: community health workers; HMIS: health management information system; SAM: severe acute malnutrition.Baseline and endline coverage assessment of non-complicated severe acute malnutrition treatment compared by study groups.Treatment characteristics of the two study groups.CHWs: community health workers; MUAC: middle-upper arm circumference; RUTF: ready-to-use therapeutic food; SAM: severe acute malnutrition; WHZ: weight-for-height z-score. * 1 sachet/day (=500 Kcal/day) if the weight at admission was <5 kg.Sociodemographic characteristics of cases at admission for severe acute malnutrition treatment, compared by study group.CHW: community health worker; SD: standard deviation.Characteristics of cases at admission for severe acute malnutrition treatment, compared by study group.CHWs: community health workers; MUAC: mid-upper arm circumference; SD: standard deviation; and WHZ: weight-for-height z-score. * Most severe cases applied to the quartile one value as the cut-off point for the WHZ and MUAC.Discharge outcomes compared by study group.CI: confidence interval; HR: hazard ratio. * Adjusted by anthropometry, comorbidities, and vaccination status at admission.Treatment duration, product consumption, and the anthropometric gain of cured children, compared by group.IQR: interquartile range; MUAC: mid-upper arm circumference; and RUTF: ready-to-use therapeutic food.Treatment results by anthropometric classification at admission compared by group.IQR: interquartile range; MUAC: mid-upper arm circumference of <115 mm; RUTF: ready-to-use therapeutic food sachets; and WHZ: weight-for-height z-score of <−3.