'Severe malnutrition': thinking deeply, communicating simply

Marko Kerac^{1

2}, Marie McGrath³, Nichola Connell⁴, Chytanya Kompala⁴, William H Moore⁴, Jeanette Bailey^{5

2

6}, Robert Bandsma^{7

8}, James A Berkley^{8

9}, André Briend^{10

11}, Steve Collins^{12

13}, Tsinuel Girma¹⁴, Jonathan C Wells¹⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK marko.kerac@lshtm.ac.uk.
² Centre for MARCH (Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive & Child Health), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
³ Emergency Nutrition Network, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Eleanor Crook Foundation, San Marcos, Texas, USA.
⁵ Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁶ International Rescue Committee, New York, New York, USA.
⁷ Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ The CHAIN Network, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁹ KEMRI/Wellcome Come Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.
¹⁰ Center for Child Health Research, Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland.
¹¹ Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science, Copenhagen, Denmark.
¹² Valid International, Oxford, United Kingdom.
¹³ Valid Nutrition, Cork, Ireland.
¹⁴ Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Jimma University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Jimma, Ethiopia.
¹⁵ Population, Policy & Practice Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom.

Marko Kerac et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;5(11):e003023.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003023.

¹ Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK marko.kerac@lshtm.ac.uk.
² Centre for MARCH (Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive & Child Health), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
³ Emergency Nutrition Network, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Eleanor Crook Foundation, San Marcos, Texas, USA.
⁵ Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁶ International Rescue Committee, New York, New York, USA.
⁷ Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ The CHAIN Network, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁹ KEMRI/Wellcome Come Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.
¹⁰ Center for Child Health Research, Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland.
¹¹ Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science, Copenhagen, Denmark.
¹² Valid International, Oxford, United Kingdom.
¹³ Valid Nutrition, Cork, Ireland.
¹⁴ Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Jimma University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Jimma, Ethiopia.
¹⁵ Population, Policy & Practice Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Keywords: child health; nutrition; public health.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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