This guideline was coordinated by Zita Weise Prinzo, Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, and by Dr Nigel Rollins, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, with technical input from Dr Luz Maria De-Regil, Chantal Gegout, Dr José Martines, Dr Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas and Dr Lisa Rogers. Thanks are due to the Guidelines Review Committee Secretariat for their support throughout the process. Thanks are also due to Lisa Haintz-Carbonin from the World Health Organization (WHO) Office of the Legal Counsel for her support in the management of conflicts of interest procedures.
WHO gratefully acknowledges the technical input of the members of the Nutrition Guidance Advisory Group (also referred to as NUGAG) and the external resource people, in particular Dr Tahmeed Ahmed, Dr Beatrice Amadi, Dr Paluku Bahwere, Dr André Briend, Hedwig Deconinck, Professor Michael Golden, Professor Alan Jackson, Dr Marzia Lazzerini and Dr Mark Manary. WHO is also grateful to the external experts and stakeholders, especially Professor Ann Ashworth and Dr Tom Heikens, for their technical advice in peer reviewing the guideline. Special thanks to Juana Willumsen for taking notes during the guideline development meetings and for her contribution in drafting the guideline, including reviewing of GRADE tables.
Financial support
WHO acknowledges the financial support from the European Commission – Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO), the Government of Luxembourg and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for this work. Donors do not fund specific guidelines and do not participate in any decision related to the guideline development process, including the composition of research questions, membership of the guideline groups, the conduct and interpretation of systematic reviews, or the formulation of recommendations.
