In terms of costs, RUTF procurement was the category with the highest cost, representing 34.7% of the total cost in the control group and 31.7% in the intervention group. This proportion was similar to the one obtained in Malawi [32], lower than in Tanzania [11], higher than Pakistan [13], where the cost related to the control and intervention group represented 15.2%. The most plausible explanation for the difference in the number of visits among groups is that children from the controls group accessed treatment later and in a worse clinical condition