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Research
Mobilizing action for a wasting research agenda
Research to Inform WHO Guideline Updates
The 2023 WHO Guideline identifies and addresses many important evidence gaps around the prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema.
As a next step, WHO will lead the development of a research agenda focused on addressing these evidence gaps. Linked to this, WHO will identify criteria for triggering updates to recommendations in the 2023 WHO Guideline based on new evidence.
WHO will work with UN agencies and other partners over the next five years to achieve these research objectives and will involve the UNICEF-WHO Technical Advisory Group on Wasting and Nutritional Oedema (Acute Malnutrition).
Further information about the use of evidence to inform recommendations in WHO guidelines can be found on the WHO website.
