Screening of Acute Malnutrition by the Family at community level

Highlights

The Family-MUAC approach is widely implemented in countries across Africa and Asia, but predominantly in in the West and Central Africa region. Also known as “MUAC for mothers” or “Mother-MUAC”, this approach trains mothers and other caregivers to identify early signs of malnutrition in their children using a simple to use Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) tape.
The approach was developed with the objective of improving coverage of treatment services, detecting cases earlier and improving awareness on malnutrition.

Author

UNICEF

Publication date

December 2020

Languages

English