Resources
Management of At risk Mothers and Infants under six months (MAMI) Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting. 12 and 13 December 2019.
A two-day meeting of the Management of At risk Mothers and Infants under six months (MAMI) Special Interest Group (SIG) was convened by...
MAMI mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) tapes
MAMI-MUAC tapes using reduced thresholds have been developed by GOAL to help identify at-risk infants under 6 months. While validated M...
MAMI adaptations in the context of COVID-19: Management of At Risk Mothers and Infants
Original link to GOAL resources here. There is a risk of skewing the COVID-19 response too heavily towards health, risk communication ...
Feeding Interventions for Infants with Growth Failure in the First Six Months of Life: A Systematic Review
Abstract (1) Introduction: Current evidence on managing infants under six months with growth failure or other nutrition-related risk i...
Community Management of at-risk Mothers & Infants aged under 6 months (cMAMI)
Stronger evidence towards future scale-up via a cluster RCT in Ethiopia The challenge Over the last 15 years, Community Management of...
Antimicrobial and micronutrient interventions for the management of infants under 6 months of age identified with severe malnutrition: a literature review
Background Infants under 6 months (U6M) contribute a significant proportion of the burden and mortality of severe malnutrition globall...
Informing the management of acute malnutrition in infants aged under 6 months (MAMI): risk factor analysis using nationally-representative demographic & health survey secondary data
Background Tackling malnutrition is a global health priority, helping children both survive and thrive. Acute malnutrition (wasting) i...
Anthropometry at birth and at age of routine vaccination to predict mortality in the first year of life: A birth cohort study in Burkina Faso
Abstract Background The World Health Organization currently defines severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in infants aged under 6 months of...
Severe malnutrition in infants aged <6 months—Outcomes and risk factors in Bangladesh: A prospective cohort study
Abstract Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) affects ~4 million infants under 6 months (u6m) worldwide, but evidence underpinning their ca...
Perceptions of Acute Malnutrition and Its Management in Infants Under 6 Months of Age: A Qualitative Study in Rural Bangladesh
ABSTRACT Background: World Health Organization guidelines advise community-based care (CBC) for “uncomplicated” severe acute malnutri...