More importantly, we reached over 70% of those who needed the care, surpassing the old system’s reach of (at most) 10%. The program gained a valuable component: prioritizing individual agency and sharing knowledge.īy 2007, we had treated over 23,000 cases through 21 CTC programs in 4 different countries.
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As more mothers bought into this new model of treatment, they told other mothers about how to spot malnutrition and where to get help. Concern and Valid worked with Malawi’s Ministry of Health to pilot CTC at scale in Dowa district.
To save one life, I can lose the rest of my children.” - Hekuat Kahsay Fanta, EthiopiaĬTC was initially met with resistance in the humanitarian aid community as it challenged the traditional aid model. “If I leave my other children at home, I close the door on them. To save one life, I can lose the rest of my children.”Ĭoncern’s International Program Director Anne O’Mahony explains further: “More and more, it became clear that center-based care wasn’t the solution.” As one mother in Ethiopia, Hekuat Kahsay Fanta, told us: “If I leave my other children at home, I close the door on them. They would also have to leave their work and other children behind. Mothers would often have to journey -by foot - for days to reach a treatment center. The costs also ran high for families seeking care. The treatments were also perishable, meaning that refrigeration was a must. The costs of running these centers were high, as they required 24/7 staffing. Logical in theory, it was failing in practice. For years, centralized in-patient treatment centers were the accepted approach for treating acute malnutrition in children under 5.
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