*Meeting documents only available in Spanish*
Agenda
PDF
(29 KB)
Background
PDF (30 KB)
List of participants
PDF (30 KB)
Presentations:
- Impacto del crecimiento infantil en el ciclo de vida (PDF, 5746 KB)
- Antecedentes, diseño y metodología para la construcción de los nuevos estándares de crecimiento (Estudio Multicéntrico de la OMS sobre el patrón de crecimiento, EMPC) (PDF, 3626 KB)
- Resultados de los cuestionarios sobre el uso actual de las curvas de crecimiento en la Región (PDF, 1395 KB)
- Referencias de crecimiento: Un instrumento en el contexto de la atención primaria de salud (PDF, 745 KB)
Country presentations:
BRASIL (PDF, 1020 KB)
CHILE (PDF, 2478 KB)
ECUADOR (PDF, 436 KB)
GUATEMALA (PDF, 1624 KB)
MÉXICO (PDF, 5198 KB)
Working group results:
Normas para los grupos de trabajo (151 KB)
Resultados de grupo 1 (PDF, 94 KB)
Resultados de grupo 2 (PDF, 20 KB)
Resultados de grupo 3 (PDF, 72 KB)
Reference documents:
Prólogo
(PDF, 18 KB; traducción del Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2004, vol.25, no.1, S3-S4.)
Justificación para la elaboración de una nueva referencia internacional del crecimiento
(PDF, 282 KB; traducción del Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2004, vol.25, no.1, S5-S14.)
El Estudio Multi-centro de la OMS de las Referencias del Crecimiento: Planificación, diseño y metodología
(PDF, 192 KB; traducción del Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2004, vol.25, no.1, S15-S26.)
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In preparation for the implementation phase and as part of a broader global work plan, PAHO/WHO conducted a regional consultation with the purpose of promoting the new WHO child growth standards by sharing details of the MGRS, reviewing the current use of growth charts and practices in child growth monitoring, discussing the implications of implementing the new standards, and elaborating a dissemination strategy for adopting them in the Americas Region. Inasmuch as the new standards are expected to be an invaluable tool for taking actions to improve child health, their implementation will require extensive commitment and integrated coordination involving various international, national and local partners as well as different sectors. The regional consultation, the first in the Region and as part of a worldwide process, was organized by the PAHO Nutrition Unit with key members of the MGRS Executive Committee and hosted by the Research Center in Nutrition and Health of the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico (Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, CINyS/INSP). Participants from Latin America representing governmental departments, health professional associations, academic institutions, and other national and international partners, were invited to dialogue and propose how to advocate and prepare for the implementation of the new child growth standards in the Region.
Participating countries (8): Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico
Country participants: Representatives of the maternal and child health, nutrition, and/or immunization programs of the Ministries of Health; representatives of national pediatric societies
Other participants: United Nations University (UNU), International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS), University of Chile, Epidemiological Research Center of Brazil, Latin American Pediatric Association (ALAPE)
Objectives
- Discuss the need for new child growth standards through the presentation of the planning, design, and methodology of the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study (MGRS);
- Review the current growth monitoring practices in the countries of the Americas in order to guide the development of the most appropriate framework for the Region;
- Discuss the implications of implementing the new growth standards, and identify any concerns and recommendations for implementation in the context of primary health services; and
- Elaborate the next steps.
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