Cost analysis of the treatment of severe acute malnutrition in West Africa

We present an updated cost analysis to provide new estimates of the cost of providing community‐based treatment for severe acute malnutrition, including expenditure shares for major cost categories. We calculated total and per child costs from a provider perspective. We categorized costs into three main activities (outpatient treatment, inpatient treatment, and management/administration) and four cost categories within each activity (personnel;...