A cross-sectional analysis of the effectiveness of a nutritional support programme for people with tuberculosis in Southern Madagascar using secondary data from a non-governmental organisation.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateEthical approval was received from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ethics committee under registration number 29394. Local approval for the use of secondary data was obtained from the CMEST ethics committee in Madagascar on April 26, 2023. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. This study was financially supported by the hospital partnerships initiative by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). NM is a participant in the BIH Charité Clinician Scientist Program funded by the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH)."