Barriers and facilitators of severe acute malnutrition management at Felege Hiwot Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Bahir Dar, North West Ethiopia, descriptive phenomenological study.

Effective management of severe acute malnutrition was affected by a multiplicity of factors. The results reaffirm how socioeconomic and sociocultural conditions, perceived causes of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and its management and the health care context were the major barriers, while able to identifying severe acute malnutrition, service delivery, and is a member of community-based health insurance were the major facilitators for SAM management. Therefore, special attention shall be given to SAM management.