Hello,

This document could be useful: https://www.childwasting.org/documents/brief-guide-updating-national-guidelines-child-wasting

Lucy

Hello, Kenya integrated infants less than six months across the existing Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM guidelines). As of October 2024, below was the draft outline of the infants less than six months inclusion.... I hope this give you an idea. Unfortunately the document  still in progress  and can not be shared

Section Two: Management of Acute Malnutrition in Infants Less than Six Months at Risk of Poor Growth and Development.
2.1 Overview....................................
2.2 Admission criteria for inpatient and enrolment into outpatient care for infants less than 6 months of age at
risk of poor growth and development ...............................
2.3 Nutrition management for infants less than 6 months at risk of poor growth and development. ................
2.3.1 Step I: Assessment...............................................
2.3.2 Step II: Implementation of the feeding plan ......................................
2.3.3 Step III: Progress to Exclusive Breastfeeding.............................................
2.3.4 Step IV: Evaluate for Discharge .....................................................................................................................
2.4 Inpatient management of infants less than 6 months with severe wasting and /or nutritional oedema .........
2.4.1 Stabilization Phase..................................................................................................................
2.4.2 Feeding infants less than six months with a Prospect of being Breastfed with severe wasting and / or with nutritional oedema....

2.4.3 Feeding an Infant Less than Six Months without the Prospect of being Breastfed.............
2.4.4 Criteria for discharge from hospital and transfer to outpatient care.........................
2.5 Outpatient Care for Infants less than 6 months ................................................................
2.5.1 Outpatient Care of Infants with breastfeeding prospects........................................
2.5.2 Outpatient Care of Infants without breastfeeding prospects ...................................
2.5.3 Criteria for Discharge from all Care .....................................................................................

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