Infants less than 6 months of age at risk of poor growth and development: evidence gaps identified during WHO guideline development

Kerac, Marko;Ashorn, Per;Berkley, James A;Borg, Bindi;Chad, Nina J;et.al.
(2025) BMJ Global Health — Vol. 10, n° Suppl 5, p. e017227 [1-5] (2025)

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  • Kerac, Markoorcid-logoDepartment of Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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  • Ashorn, Perorcid-logoCentre for Child, Adolescent and Maternal Health Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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  • Berkley, James AKEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
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  • Borg, BindiDepartment of Health Sciences, Macquarie University Faculty of Medicine Health and Human Sciences, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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  • Deconinck, HedwigeUCLouvain
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  • Chad, Nina Jorcid-logoConsultant to the World Health Organization, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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(en) Over 10 million infants under 6 months of age worldwide are at risk of poor growth and development (henceforth ‘infants u6m’). Risks include short- term mortality and non- communicable disease in later life for survivors. Affected infants are especially vulnerable to all of these risks across the lifespan. [...]
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Kerac, M., Ashorn, P., Berkley, J. A., Borg, B., Castro, M. C., Deconinck, H., Dent, N., Khalid, R., Kumar, P., McCaul, M., Naude, C. E., Daniel, A. I., & Chad, N. J. (2025). Infants less than 6 months of age at risk of poor growth and development: evidence gaps identified during WHO guideline development. BMJ Global Health, 10(Suppl 5), e017227 [1-5]. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017227 (Original work published 2025)