Infants and children 6–59 months of age with severe wasting and/or nutritional oedema: evidence gaps identified during WHO guideline development
Summary box The 2023 WHO guideline on wasting and nutritional oedema includes four new recommendations, three updated recommendations and three new good practice statements for the management of severe wasting and nutritional oedema in infants and children 6–59 months of age.
Authors
- Marko Kerac (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3745-7317)
- Robert Bandsma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6358-4750)
- James Alexander Berkley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1236-849X)
- Aida H. Al-Sadeeq
- Celeste Naude (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9114-1452)
- Allison I Daniel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1774-1214)
- Hedwig Deconinck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-2402)
- Indi Trehan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3364-6858)
- Debbie Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6781-7646)
- Nicky Dent
- Rozina Khalid
- Praveen Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9597-4267)
Institutions
- Lady Hardinge Medical College (IN)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- University of Washington (US)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- Angkor Hospital for Children (KH)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- Institute of Business Leadership (PK)
- University of the West Indies (JM)
- University of Aden (YE)
- UCLouvain (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Global Health
- Published
- 2025-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-016878
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.88