• Research
• Management of Acute Malnutrition in Infants (MAMI)
• Defaulter Access Study
• Minimum Reporting Requirements for SFP
• Efficacy and impact of emergency programmes
• Research into prevention of moderate acute malnutrition
• UNHCR/ENN Anaemia Research

Research into prevention of moderate acute malnutrition

In 2009, OFDA funded the ENN to conduct research into alternative methods for addressing moderate malnutrition in emergencies. This study aims to assess the cost effectiveness of a range of interventions such as cash transfers, blanket SFPs and modified general food distributions to prevent moderate malnutrition in emergencies.

Given the difficulties of conducting randomised control trials or any research involving control groups within the context of an emergency, the ENN with help from SCUK and CDC has invested considerable time in developing a generic method for the study which does not involve traditional control groups. The study will therefore implement a combination of methods including interrupted time series and nested controls using longitudinal cohorts of non-malnourished children who may or may not be exposed to the intervention under study.

ENN is hoping to conduct the first study of a Blanket SFP in Somaliland and Puntland by the end of the year. A second study site for a cash intervention in Niger has also been identified and is due to begin early in 2012. ENN will provide updates as the research studies are underway.