International Symposium on Understanding Moderate Malnutrition in Children for Effective Interventions (MAM 2014)

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), moderate malnutrition includes all children with moderate wasting, defined as a weight-for-height between –3 and –2 z-scores with reference to the WHO Child Growth Standards, and those with moderate stunting, defined as a height-for-age between -3 and -2 z-scores with reference to the WHO Child Growth Standards. Most of these children will be moderately underweight (weight-for-age between –3 and –2 z-scores). This symposium will focus on the management (prevention and treatment) of moderate wasting or moderate acute malnutrition (MAM).