Community therapeutic care: the rationale for scale up in Malawi
Tuesday, 21st August 2007
Malnutrition is a major direct killer of under-five children all over the world, and increases the risk of death from other diseases. It is a chronic problem in Malawi, where persistent episodes of food shortages are compounded by problems of endemic disease and HIV and AIDS. The Essential Health Package (EHP) is the government's strategy for delivering basic health services to all Malawians.
Community-level health care is fundamental to the EHP, and Community-based Therapeutic Care (CTC), based as it is on public health principles, has proved to be a highly effective measure in combating acute malnutrition in under-five children. The following is a report on "Community Therapeutic Care - The Rationale for Scale-up in Malawi" and comes as a result of a CTC Review Workshop held in April of this year.
