Effectiveness of a reduced dose of ready-to-use therapeutic food in community-based management of severe acute malnutrition: A non-inferiority randomized controlled trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo

• Julien Ntaongo Alendi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: j.ntaongo@gmail.com

  Affiliation University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0624-7189

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• Cécile Salpeteur,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research, Analyses & Learning Service, Expertise & Advocacy Dept, Action Against Hunger, Montreuil, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8135-6169

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• Steve Botomba,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3355-7449

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• Alemayehu Argaw,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Food technology, Safety, and Health, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3982-5408

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• Victor Nikièma,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research, Analyses & Learning Service, Expertise & Advocacy Dept, Action Against Hunger, Montreuil, France

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• Jean-Baptiste Mayavanga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Nutrition Program, Ministry of Public Health, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Benjamin Guesdon,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research, Analyses & Learning Service, Expertise & Advocacy Dept, Action Against Hunger, Montreuil, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2876-0533

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• Marie Petry,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nutrition & Health Service, Operations Department, Action Against Hunger, Montreuil, France

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• Uwimana Sebinwa,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nutrition & Health Service, Operations Department, Action Against Hunger, Montreuil, France

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0149-1494

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• Sophie Bruneau,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nutrition & Health Service, Operations Department, Action Against Hunger, Montreuil, France

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• Aimée Mupuala Masaya,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University Clinics, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Florence Mbiya Muadi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Neuro-psycho-pathological Center, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Samuel Mampunza Ma Miezi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Neuro-psycho-pathological Center, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Marie-Claire Muyer

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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