Table 4.

Discharge outcomes in the experiences on SAM treated by CHWs

Country (reference)	Children enrolled	Intervention duration	Number of CHWs treating SAM	Cure rate (%)	Death rate (%)	Default rate (%)
Minimum standards (The Sphere Project, 2011)				>75	<10	<15
Angola (Morgan et al., 2015)	23,865	12 months	Over 2,000	93.8	1.0	4.8
Bangladesh (Sadler et al., 2011)	724	8 months	261	91.9	0.1	7.5
Ethiopiaa (UNICEF, 2012)	703,878	8 months	N/F	82.1	0.7	5.0
India (Dani et al., 2016)	145	12 weeks	14	63.0	2.0	N/F
Malawib (Amthor et al., 2009) (Linneman et al., 2007)	826 2,131	8 weeks 8 weeks	N/F N/F	93.7 89.0	0.9 1.4	3.6 7.4
Malia (Álvarez‐Morán, Alé, Charle, et al., 2018)	617	12 months	19	94.2	0.5	4.5
Pakistana (Rogers, Ali, et al., 2018)	425	12 months	72	76.0	0.2	3,8
South Sudan (Keane, 2013)	3,564	12 months	45	89.0	1.0	6.0

Note. CHWs: community health workers; N/F: data not found; SAM: severe acute malnutrition.

^a Results combined from inpatient and outpatient (health centres + health post) treatment.

^bIn Malawi, two independent studies has been identified: one broader in southern region (Linneman et al., 2007) and one more restricted to Machinga District of the same region (Amthor et al., 2009).