Early Detection of Infants Aged Under Six Months at Risk of Poor Growth and Development: Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Cohort in Senegal
ABSTRACT Child malnutrition is a major global problem, but in many high-burden countries, screening and treatment of acute malnutrition called wasting (weight-for-length z-score < −2SD) only begins at age 6 months. Infants under 6 months ‘at risk of poor growth and development’ are, however, increasingly recognised. Latest 2023 WHO guidelines describe anthropometric, feeding and maternal/infant clinical […]

