Description of interventions
| Intervention | Description of the intervention | Cause of death affected | Effect estimate |
| 1. Breastfeeding promotion | Breastfeeding promotion can be either one on-one or group meetings. It is assumed that children 1–5 months of age who are exclusively breast fed do not need breastfeeding promotion. | ||
| 2. Complementary feeding | This intervention only benefits children 6–24 months of age who are living on more than a dollar a day. This can be delivered in the home, community or clinic, by health professionals or health volunteers. It includes the assumption that breast feeding should be continued for children 6–24 months of age, (but does not affect breastfeeding rates). The intervention includes education on the proper foods to prepare as well as appropriate hygiene for food preparation. | ||
| 3. Vitamin A supplementation | This intervention covers the percent of children 6–59 months receiving full coverage with Vitamin A. Full coverage of Vitamin A supplementation is considered to be two doses of Vitamin A in the past year. It is assumed that all children in a country with Vitamin A deficiency are in need of Vitamin A for prevention. | Diarrhoea | 47% |
| 4. Hand washing with soap | Appropriate hand washing is defined as washing hands with soap, ash or other materials and using adequate water, after handling faeces and before preparing food. | Diarrhoea | 48% |
| 5. Hygienic disposal of children’s stools | Per cent of children’s stools that are disposed of safely and contained. Stools are considered to be contained if: (1) the child always uses a toilet/latrine, (2) the faeces are thrown in the toilet or latrine or (3) the faeces are buried in the yard. | Diarrhoea | 20% |
| 6. Oral rehydration solution (ORS) | Per cent of children with diarrhoea given ORS from sachets. This includes sachets or premixed solutions of ORS. | Diarrhoea | 93% |
| 7. Oral antibiotics for the treatment of pneumonia | Proportion of children 1–59 months with suspected pneumonia or acute respiratory infections (ARI)treated with antibiotics | Pneumonia | 70% |
| 8. Therapeutic feeding for wasting | Percent of wasted children receiving therapeutic feeding. Therapeutic feeding is outpatient treatment for severely wasted children (<-3Z) including supplementation with food (such as PlumpyNut) and maternal education. Therapeutic feeding is only applied to the per cent of children severely wasted. It shifts children from the severely wasted category to moderately (−3to-2Z) and mildly (−2 to-1Z) wasted categories. | Other causes | 20% |
| 9.Treatment for moderate malnutrition | Percent of moderately wasted children (−3 to −2Z) receiving outpatient treatment including supplementation with food (such as PlumpyNut) and maternal education. Treatment for MAM shifts children from the moderately wasted category into the mildly wasted category (−2 to −1Z). | Other causes | 20% |