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Article History

Received: 3 January 2018

Accepted: 8 June 2018

First Online: 1 August 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Legal authorization was obtained from the Ministry of Health, Republic of Chad. Oral informed consents were obtained from the caretakers of eligible children before the interview. Confidentiality of the information given by the respondents was maintained and data were anonymized. All children found malnourished during control-finding in villages were referred to the health centre.

: Not applicable.The manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data in any form and study participants are not identifiable from the material provided.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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