Maternal-focused interventions to improve infant growth and nutritional status in low-middle income countries: A systematic review of reviews

V von Salmuth, E Brennan, M Kerac, M McGrath… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Small and nutritionally at-risk infants under 6 months (< 6m) are a vulnerable
group at increased risk of mortality, morbidity, poor growth and sub-optimal development …

Anthropometric criteria for identifying infants under 6 months of age at risk of morbidity and mortality: a systematic review

C Hoehn, N Lelijveld, M Mwangome… - Clinical Medicine …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: There is increasing global focus on small and nutritionally at-risk infants aged<
6 months (< 6 m). Current WHO guidelines recommend weight-for-length z-score (WLZ) for …

Effectiveness of interventions to manage difficulties with breastfeeding for mothers of infants under six months with growth faltering: a systematic review update

S Mohandas, R Rana, B Sirwani, R Kirubakaran… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: The current evidence on management of infants under six months (u6m)
with growth faltering is limited and of low quality. This review aimed at updating an existing …

Anthropometry at birth and at age of routine vaccination to predict mortality in the first year of life: A birth cohort study in BukinaFaso

M Mwangome, M Ngari, P Bwahere, P Kabore… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background The World Health Organization currently defines severe acute malnutrition
(SAM) in infants aged under 6 months of age using weight-for-length Z score (WLZ). Given …

Informing the management of acute malnutrition in infants aged under 6 months (MAMI): risk factor analysis using nationally-representative demographic & health …

M Kerac, S Frison, N Connell, B Page, M McGrath - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
Background Tackling malnutrition is a global health priority, helping children both survive
and thrive. Acute malnutrition (wasting) in infants aged under 6 months (u6m) is often …

Infant malnutrition in low-and middle-income countries: assessment and prevalence of small and nutritionally at-risk infants aged under 6 months in 54 Demographic & …

M Kerac, PT James, MG McGrath, E Brennan… - Medrxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Background There is increasing global focus on malnutrition in infants aged under 6 months
(u6m) but evidence on how best to identify and manage at-risk individuals is sparse. Our …

Promoting and supporting breastfeeding in a protracted emergency setting—Caregivers' and health workers' perceptions from North-East Nigeria

N Amat Camacho, A Chara, E Briskin… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Breastfeeding (BF) should be protected, promoted, and supported for all infants
in humanitarian settings. The re-establishment of exclusive BF is also a central part of the …

Treatment of child wasting: results of a child health and nutrition research initiative (CHNRI) prioritisation exercise

C Angood, M Kerac, R Black, A Briend… - …, 2021 - researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk
Background: Child wasting is highly prevalent, with around 49.5 million children under five
years affected globally. More evidence is needed to inform the scale up of effective treatment …

Severe malnutrition in infants aged< 6 months—Outcomes and risk factors in Bangladesh: A prospective cohort study

M Munirul Islam, Y Arafat, N Connell… - Maternal & child …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) affects~ 4 million infants under 6 months (u6m) worldwide,
but evidence underpinning their care is “very low” quality. To inform future research and …

Mortality risk in infants receiving therapeutic care for malnutrition: A secondary analysis

I Mahmud, B Guesdon, M Kerac… - Maternal & Child …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Small and nutritionally at‐risk infants aged under 6 months (< 6 months) are at high risk of
death, but important evidence gaps exist on how to best identify them. We aimed to …