The widespread use of antibiotics in the past 80 years has saved millions of human lives,
facilitated technological progress and killed incalculable numbers of microbes, both …

The main forms of childhood malnutrition occur predominantly in children< 5 years of age
living in low-income and middle-income countries and include stunting, wasting and …

BACKGROUND Childhood undernutrition is a global health challenge. Undernutrition in
early life is associated with a number of adverse outcomes, including persistent stunting …

Background Globally, moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) and severe acute malnutrition
(SAM) affect approximately 52 million children under five. This systematic review evaluates …

The objectives of most treatment programs for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children
focus on initial recovery only, leaving post‐discharge outcomes, such as relapse, poorly …

Background Malnutrition underlies 3 million child deaths worldwide. Current treatments
differentiate severe acute malnutrition (SAM) from moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) with …

Background Moderate acute malnutrition, also called moderate wasting, affects around 10%
of children under five years of age in low‐and middle‐income countries. There are different …

This guideline will have new recommendations on the prevention of wasting and on the
clinical management of moderate wasting. It will also update and consolidate the …

Abstract Sustainable Development Goal 2.2—to end malnutrition by 2030—includes the
elimination of child wasting, defined as a weight-for-length z-score that is more than two …

Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is the most life-threatening form of undernutrition and
underlies at least 10% of all deaths among children younger than 5 years in low-income …