Intervention | Number of deaths prevented | % deaths prevented |
Hand washing with soap | 1828 | 22% |
Therapeutic feeding—for severe wasting | 1730 | 21% |
Oral rehydration solution | 1426 | 17% |
Oral antibiotics: case management of pneumonia in children | 1025 | 12% |
Appropriate complementary feeding | 822 | 10% |
Hygienic disposal of children's stools | 543 | 7% |
Vitamin A supplementation | 394 | 5% |
Promotion of breast feeding | 319 | 4% |
Treatment for moderate acute malnutrition | 235 | 3% |
Total | 8322 | 100% |
This table provides the additional number of deaths prevented attributable to the nine community interventions scaled up to full coverage.