Samuel M Thumbi, Josphat Muema, Nyamai Mutono, Joseph Njuguna, Christine Jost, Erin Boyd, Daniel Tewoldeberhan, Immaculate Mutua, George Gacharamu, Francis Wambua, Rob Allport, Emmanuella Olesambu, Abdal Monium Osman, Darana Souza, Irene Kimani, Julius Oyugi, Zipporah Bukania, Harriet Oboge, Guy H Palmer, Jonathan Yoder
BACKGROUND: Livestock-dependent communities in Africa's drylands disproportionately experience acute malnutrition, especially during drought seasons. We detail the design and implementation of the Livestock for Health (L4H) study aimed at determining the effect of providing livestock feed and nutritional counselling to prevent seasonal spikes of acute malnutrition. METHODS: The L4H study employed a 3-arm cluster randomized controlled trial to compare households in pastoralist settings in northern Kenya receiving livestock feeds during critical dry periods, with or without nutritional counseling, with control households...
December 2023: Food and Nutrition Bulletin