Analysis of Child Undernutrition Intervention Priorities Among Nutrition Stakeholders from Multiple Low and Middle-Income Countries

World Health Assembly 2025 targets call for reducing and maintaining the global prevalence of wasting (weight-for-height z score [WHZ] < – 2 SD) among children under five to below 5%. However, currently interventions that prevent wasting are characterized into two “camps” of preventing stunting and preventing severe wasting through treating moderate acute malnutrition (MAM); this makes estimating pooled effectiveness on wasting difficult. There is clear overlap and there needs to be a better understanding how program makers and policy makers understand these interventions.

Materials Available

• Abstract

---

Project Type(s): Master's Thesis

Author(s): Sophia Wang

Program(s): Master of Public Health, RDN Training

Year: 2018

Adviser(s):

• Scott Ickes