How ready-to-use therapeutic food shapes a new technological regime to treat child malnutrition
Title (trans.)
http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.04.011Entity
UAM. Departamento de Estructura Económica y Economía del DesarrolloPublisher
ElsevierDate
2012-05-09Citation
10.1016/j.techfore.2012.04.011
Technological Forecasting & Social Change 79 (2012): 1319-1327
ISSN
0040-1625DOI
10.1016/j.techfore.2012.04.011Subjects
Appropriate technology; Innovation; Malnutrition; Therapeutic food; Technology diffusion; Technological regimes; Ethiopia; Haiti; Economía; SociologíaEsta obra está bajo una licencia de Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 4.0 Internacional.
Abstract
Since the turn of the 21st century ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) has emerged as the preferred solution to treat acute malnutrition without
complications. RUTF is a more appropriate technology than formerly prevalent powdered milk solutions because it enables outpatient care, simpler
treatment protocols and production in the field. In this paper we analyze the forces driving the diffusion of RUTF as an innovation to treat child
malnutrition and discuss the main features characterizing the new technological regime that results from its wide adoption. We combine the
theoretical discussion and the review of secondary sources with insights from field research in Ethiopia, encompassing personal interviews with
relevant parties and direct observation of how RUTF works in practice. This technology assessment exercise enables us to suggest some
opportunities for policy intervention.
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