BMC nutrition
"When they stop coming, we lose them": a qualitative study assessing health workers' experiences on treatment default during outpatient therapeutic care for severe acute malnutrition at Gulu regional referral hospital, Uganda.
Peterson David Kamulegeya, Hadijah Nakalyowa, Ronald Wanyama, Peter Akera
Published: 202610.1186/s40795-026-01257-9
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Outpatient therapeutic care (OTC) programs are essential for managing severe acute malnutrition (SAM) among children under 5 years. However, default rates in northern Uganda remain high- reaching up to 21.9%. This study explored the exper…
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