Family MUAC: The Click-MUAC Project – Case Study
The Click-MUAC Project was developed by Action Against Hunger, in partnership with University of Tampere, Brixton Health and Humanitarian Innovation Fund. It builds on the Family MUAC approach but aims to reduce the potential of measurement error of MUAC tapes and the need to increase the sensitivity and the specificity of the diagnosis delivered by mothers and primary caregivers.
Action Against Hunger, University of Tampere, Brixton Health and Humanitarian Innovation Fund
The ‘Family MUAC’ approach, also known as MUAC for mothers or Mother-MUAC, 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. By moving this task to mothers (or other family members), who are able to do it as effectively as Community Health Workers (CHWs), the cases are detected earlier, leading to less hospitalisations. Mothers are empowered to manage their children’s health and CHWs have more time to carry out other tasks.