Effectiveness of Targeting Food Aid to Malnourished Children Compared to Targeting All Children Under Two Years

The Fortified food rations were included in both arms, but targeted to all children 6-24 months of age in the 'preventive' arm and to malnourished children (WAZ \<-2 Z-scores) in the 'recuperative arm. Food rations included Corn-Soy Blend, lentils, oil and wheat.

The education and communication to improve infant and young child feeding was an integral part of the intervention. In the preventive arm, this intervention was targeted to pregnant and lactating mothers and mothers of children 0-24 months of age. The education was done using mother's groups In the recuperative arm, the BCC intervention was only targeted to pregnant and lactating women and mothers of malnourished children under the age of five.