MAMI Policy
Members of the MAMI Global Network and the MAMI Co-leads at ENN and LSHTM directly contribute to international and national policy guidance development.
Through advocacy and engagement of group members, community based management of uncomplicated cases of wasting in infants under 6 months is now recommended in the WHO 2013 update of SAM guidance.
Further policy developments and activities include:
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Participation in the 2020/21 update of the WHO Guidelines on Management of Wasting. This includes authorship of a scoping review on growth failure/faltering in infants under six months commissioned by WHO to inform a technical consultation.
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Member of the Clinical Reference Group to support development of the WHO Digital Platform and Smart Guidelines for Health Workers in Humanitarian Emergencies: Newborn and Child Survival, Health and Development.
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Integration of MAMI in WHO/UNICEF guidance on Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment of Wasting in Children 0-59 Months through National Health Systems in the Context of COVID-19.
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Integration of MAMI into a Training Guide for Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM), 2018 Version.
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Review of barriers to national policy change on community management of uncomplicated malnourished infants under six months old.
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Review of MAMI content in national and international guidelines for wasting treatment (2020). Coming soon.
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Developing evidence to inform international guidance and national policy guidance in Ethiopia.
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Summary and video of the development process for the WHO guideline on the prevention and treatment of wasting.
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