The World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Nutrition and Food Safety gratefully acknowledges the many individuals and organizations who contributed an enormous amount of time, effort and care to this guideline.
The guideline development process was overseen by Zita Weise Prinzo and Laurence Grummer-Strawn. The WHO Steering Group – including Jaden Bendabenda, Allison Daniel, Kirrily de Polnay, Laurence Grummer-Strawn and Zita Weise Prinzo (responsible technical officer) – coordinated and developed the guideline. Celeste Naude and Michael McCaul were the external guideline methodologists. Farid Foroutan, Julie Jemutai, Emily Keats and Daniel Rayner also provided technical support for analysis and preparation of Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) tables.
Allison Daniel led the preparation and delivery of the Guideline Development Group (GDG) meetings and drafted this guideline document, with direct contributions, input and support from Jaden Bendabenda, Kirrily de Polnay, Michael McCaul, Celeste Naude and Zita Weise Prinzo.
WHO extends sincere thanks to the chairs of the GDG – including Beatrice Amadi, Per Ashorn, James Berkley, Bindi Borg, Alan Jackson, Rozina Khalid, Debbie Thompson and Indi Trehan – as well as to all the other GDG members – including Tahmeed Ahmed, Aida Alsadeeq, Robert Bandsma, Mary Christine (Ina) Castro, Hedwig Deconinck, Nicky Dent, Kathryn Dewey, Kate Golden, Lieven Huybregts, Phuong Huynh, Fyezah Jehan, Abdoulaye Ka, Marko Kerac, Praveen Kumar, Kalyanaraman Kumaran, Vanessa Rouzier, Marie Ruel, Sunita Taneja and Helen Young.
WHO also acknowledges the observers at the GDG meetings, representing various partners: Terry Theuri, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Ashraf Khosravi, UNHCR, Minh Le Tram, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Grace Funnell, UNICEF, Fatmata Sesay, UNICEF, Sophie Woodhead, UNICEF, Diane Ashley, World Food Programme (WFP), Patrizia Fracassi, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Stefano Fedele, Global Nutrition Cluster (GNC), Elise Lesieur, Action Contre la Faim (ACF), Jeanette Bailey, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Anne Walsh, Power of Nutrition, Marie McGrath, Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) and Natasha Lelijveld, ENN.
WHO also thanks the external review group: Ali Arabi, Hatty Barthorp, Chenery Lim, Michele Monroy-Valle, Martha Mwangome, Jesse Verschuere and Caroline Wilkinson. Special thanks go to the authors of the systematic reviews; the systematic review teams are listed in Annex 1.
WHO staff who contributed to the guideline include Marina Adrianopoli, Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh, Hana Bekele, Fabio Da Silva Gomes, Angela De Silva, Laetitia Ouedraogo Nikiema and Juliawati Untoro. Other WHO staff who provided inputs on the guideline content include Lisa Askie, Annabel Baddeley, Mercedes Bonet Semenas, Nina Chad, Karen Edmonds, Maria Nieves Garcia-Casal, Ivy Kasirye, Adelheid Marschang, Lorenzo Moja, Lisa Rogers, Pramila Shrestha, Pura Solon, Wilson Were and Nuhu Yaqub JR.
A full list of all contributors to the guideline and their affiliations is presented in Annex 1.
Financial support for this work was provided by the Eleanor Crook Foundation (ECF), the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and UNICEF. The funders did not participate in any decisions related to the guideline development process, including the composition of research questions, membership of the guideline groups, conduct and interpretation of systematic reviews, or formulation of recommendations.
