Infants less than 6 months of age at risk of poor growth and development: evidence gaps identified during WHO guideline development
Summary box The 2023 WHO guideline on wasting and nutritional oedema includes four recommendations and four good practice statements on the management of infants less than 6 months of age at risk of poor growth and development, prioritising this vulnerable yet often neglected group.
Authors
- Marko Kerac (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3745-7317)
- Per Ashorn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2311-2593)
- Praveen Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3548-8715)
- Bindi Borg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2764-9788)
- Nina Chad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4144-0718)
- James Alexander Berkley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1236-849X)
- Michael McCaul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2730-6478)
- 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)
- Mary Christine Castro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4289-7253)
- Nicky Dent
- Rozina Khalid
Institutions
- Lady Hardinge Medical College (IN)
- Tampere University (FI)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- Institute of Business Leadership (PK)
- Nutrition Center of the Philippines (PH)
- UCLouvain (BE)
- Macquarie University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Global Health
- Published
- 2025-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017227
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.36
Funders
- Children's Investment Fund Foundation