The UNICEF Mother-Infant MUAC Tape: Job Aid and Information Sheet
Step-by-step instructions for health workers to accurately measure and interpret mid-upper arm circumference in infants and mothers using the dual-purpose MUAC tape
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The UNICEF Mother-Infant MUAC Tape: Job Aid and Information Sheet
The UNICEF Mother-Infant MUAC tape is a simple yet powerful tool that can be used to screen both the mother/caregiver and infant at the same time – taking a holistic mother-infant approach as emphasised in the 2023 WHO Guideline on the prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema (acute malnutrition) in children under 5 years.
This Job Aid can be used to train health workers on how to use and interpret the Mother-Infant MUAC tape as well as acting as an aide memoire for health workers when seeing mothers and infants in health facilities and in the community.
This Information Sheet is a brief guide to the why, what and how on the new UNICEF Mother-Infant MUAC tape and includes the job aid on how to use the MUAC tape.
The Mother-Infant MUAC tape is available to order from the UNICEF Supply Catalogue
