A cross-sectional analysis of the effectiveness of a nutritional support programme for people with tuberculosis in Southern Madagascar using secondary data from a non-governmental organisation.

Mara Anna FrankeJulius Valentin EmmrichFierenantsoa RanjaharinonyOnja Gabrielle RavololohanitraHarizaka Emmanuel AndriamasySamuel KnaussNadine Muller

Published in: Infectious diseases of poverty (2024)

The current TB nutritional support programme falls short of sufficiently increasing the BMI of people with TB to overcome malnutrition. There is an urgent need to revise the nutritional support available for people with TB, particularly for children under 5.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
randomized controlled trial
study protocol
systematic review
young adults
electronic health record
hepatitis c virus
machine learning
physical activity
data analysis
double blind