Children and Adolescents

The Nutrition Guidance Advisory Group agreed on five key guiding principles¹ that should be considered together with the evidence-informed recommendations. The principles are intended to inform and assist national technical groups, international and regional partners providing TB care, TB treatment services, and/or maternal and child health services in countries affected by TB, in formulating national or subnational nutritional recommendations.

This guideline was developed in accordance with the WHO evidence-informed guideline development procedures, as outlined in the WHO handbook for guideline development (1).

Advisory groups

Purpose of the guideline¹

The aim of this guideline is to help improve health outcomes for people with tuberculosis (TB), through improved nutritional care and support. The objectives of the guideline are to provide guidance on nutritional assessment, advice and treatment, for integration into clinical care for people with TB. Five guiding principles for nutritional care and support for people with TB are presented. The focus is on nutrition assessment, counselling and management to improve the clinical care of people with TB.

Nutrition Guidance Advisory Group – nutrition in the life-course
(Note: the areas of expertise of each guideline group member are given in italics)