Efficacy of World Health Organization guideline in facility‐based reduction of mortality in severely malnourished children from low and middle income countries: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Globally more than 19 million under-five children suffer from severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Data on efficacy of World Health Organization's (WHO's) guideline in reducing SAM mortality are limited. We aimed to assess the efficacy of WHO's facility-based guideline for the reduction of under-five SAM children mortality from low and middle income countries (LMICs).A systematic search of literature published in 1980-2015 was conducted using...