Table 1.

Characteristics of the two health areas (December 2003)

Indicator	Health area
	Intervention area (Katana)	Comparison area (Walungu)
Total population	6,337	7,539
No. of health centers	1	1
No. of nutritional centers	1	1
Rate of global acute malnutrition (GAM)**	13.3%	12.0%
No. of children	208	178
Male children	51.9%	48.1%

**GAM = rate of acute global malnutrition calculated based on Weight for Height (WFH) ≤ -2Z-score and/or edema