Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Different Strategies for Preventing Severe Acute Malnutrition in Niger: a Pragmatic Trial
Brief Summary: Options for large-scale preventive distributions include fortified blended flours, ready-to-use foods and direct cash transfer either alone or in combination with family protective rations. Finding the most appropriate strategy is essential to prevent child malnutrition in countries like Niger with annual hunger gaps. Here, the investigators compare different preventive strategies on the incidence of acute malnutrition among children 6 to 23 months.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Ultrasound confirmed pregnancy of no more than 20 completed gestation weeks
* Permanent resident of Mangochi District Hospital, Malindi Hospital or Lungwena Health Centre catchment areas
* Availability during the period of the study
* Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Less than 15 years of age
* Need for frequent medical attention due to a chronic health condition
* Diagnosed asthma treated with regular medication
* Severe illness warranting hospital referral
* History of allergy towards peanuts
* History of anaphylaxis or serious allergic reaction to any substance, requiring emergency medical care
* Pregnancy complications evident at enrolment visit (moderate to severe oedema, blood Hb concentration \< 5 g / dl, systolic blood pressure (BP) \> 160 mmHg or diastolic BP \> 100 mmHg)
* Earlier participation in the iLiNS-DYAD-M trial
* Concurrent participation in any other clinical trial
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* resident in selected villages
* height between 60 and 80 cm.

Exclusion Criteria:

* refusal to participate
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* signed informed consent from at least one guardian
* age 6.00 months to 14.99 months
* weight-for-age \<-2.0 Z scores
* availability during the period of the study.
* permanent resident Lungwena Health Centre catchment area

Exclusion Criteria:

* moderate or severe wasting (WHM\<80% of the reference median)
* history of peanut allergy
* history of any serious allergic reaction to any substance, requiring emergency medical care
* history of anaphylaxis
* severe illness warranting hospital referral
* concurrent participation in another clinical trial with intervention to the child
D: Inclusion Criteria:

(1) Infants (target child) will be eligible to participate in the study if they are:

1. They are in utero at the baseline survey
2. Their parents/guardians are planning to stay in the study village for the next 12 months (if a mother is planning to give birth at her natal home and then return, she will still be a candidate for enrollment)

(2) Children \< 36 months old at baseline that are living in the compound of a target child will be eligible to participate in diarrhea measurement if:

1. They are \< 36 months old at the baseline survey
2. Their parents/guardians are planning to stay in the study village for the next 12 months

(3) Children 18 - 27 months old at baseline that are living in the compound of a target child will be eligible to participate in intestinal parasite specimen collection if:

1. They are 18 - 27 months old at the baseline survey
2. Their parents/guardians are planning to stay in the study village for the next 12 months

Answer: B