Effectiveness of the Responses to Illness Severity Quantification (RISQ) system versus standardised malnutrition treatment on mortality in acutely malnourished children treated in a community-based nutrition programme in Ngouri, Chad (CRIMSON): a multicentre, cluster-randomised trial
Authors:
- Nancy M DaleNDNancy M Dale
- Youssouf Djidita HagreYHYoussouf Djidita Hagre
- Djamnoné L DebtannéDDDjamnoné L Debtanné
- Difo Saha MermozDMDifo Saha Mermoz
- Boubacar HarounaBHBoubacar Harouna
- Innocent GolnodjiIGInnocent Golnodji
- Didier ZidouembaDZDidier Zidouemba
- Mahmat BechirMBMahmat Bechir
- Marius MadjissemMMMarius Madjissem
- Charles TehouaCTCharles Tehoua
- George TomlinsonGTGeorge Tomlinson
- Susan ShepherdSSSusan Shepherd
Open Access
- 24 September 2026
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in The Lancet Primary Care
- Vol. 2 (9)
Abstract
No abstract availableFunding Information
- Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance (78730)
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