Global assessment of childhood growth monitoring: cross-sectional survey of national policies and practices

Key Points

• Assess the variations in childhood growth monitoring policies and practices across countries.
• Conducted a cross-sectional survey of national policies on childhood growth monitoring.
• Evaluated the integration of evidence-based guidelines into primary care.
• Analyzed the equity of growth monitoring practices across different age groups.
• Identified significant variability in growth monitoring practices between countries.
• Highlighted a lack of standard indicators for effective growth monitoring.
• Found that many countries do not fully integrate evidence-based guidelines into primary care.