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    WHO guideline on the prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema (‎acute malnutrition)‎ in infants and children under 5 years

    Over 45.4 million infants and children under 5 years of age experience wasting each year. The risk of wasting and nutritional oedema in infants and children, particularly in high-risk contexts where health and socioeconomic indicators are at their poorest, is heightened by ongoing crises including climat...

    Guideline: Vitamin A supplementation in infants and children 6–59 months of age

    Vitamin A deficiency affects about 19 million pregnant women and 190 million preschool-age children, mostly from the World Health Organization (WHO) regions of Africa and South-East Asia. Infants and children have increased vitamin A requirements to support rapid growth and to help them combat infections...