Review of current community management of acute malnutrition practice and outcomes in 12 countries using the minimum reporting package

Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programmes are the main strategy for the treatment of moderate and severe acute malnutrition (MAM and SAM) in emergency and non-emergency settings. The monitoring of CMAM programmes is the key to maintaining and improving their quality: monthly reporting of key programme indicators is used to monitor implementation, identify underperforming programmes sites, and provide adapted recommendations. Reviews of performance across programmes are necessary to understand current practice, evaluate progress, and identify areas where practice and policy need to improve. This review follows a previous review published in 2006, which focused on Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programme (TSFP) practice. It includes new data from programmes implemented between 2011 and 2013 and reports data from Stabilisation Centres (SC) and Outpatient Therapeutic Programmes (OTPs) in addition to TSFPs.