+ Zinc for the prevention of diarrhea and respiratory tract infections
IZiNCG Technical Document
- Brown KH, Peerson JM, Baker SK, Hess SY. Preventive zinc supplementation among infants, preschoolers, and older prepubertal children. Food Nutr Bull. 2009 Mar;30(1 Suppl):S12-40. Review. PubMed PMID: 19472600.
Systematic reviews
Keats EC, Das JK, Salam RA, Lassi ZS, Imdad A, Black RE, Bhutta ZA. Effective interventions to address maternal and child malnutrition: an update of the evidence. . Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2021 May;5(5):367-384.
Liu E, Pimpin L, Shulkin M, Kranz S, Duggan CP, Mozaffarian D, Fawzi WW. Effect of Zinc Supplementation on Growth Outcomes in Children under 5 Years of Age.. Nutrients. 2018 March 20.
Lassi ZS, Moin A, Bhut* Lassi ZS, Moin A, Bhutta ZA. Zinc supplementation for the prevention of pneumonia in children aged 2 months to 59 months. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016; Issue 12. Art No.: CD005978.
- Mayo-Wilson E, Junior JA, Imdad A, Dean S, Chan XH, Chan ES, Jaswal A, Bhutta ZA. Zinc supplementation for preventing mortality, morbidity, and growth failure in children aged 6 months to 12 years of age. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 May 15;5:CD009384. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009384.pub2. Review. PubMed PMID: 24826920.
Mayo-Wilson E, Imdad A, Junior J, Dean S, Bhutta ZA. Preventive zinc supplementation for children, and the effect of additional iron: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 2014 Jun 19;4(6):e004647. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004647. PubMed PMID: 24948745; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4067863.
Yakoob MY, Theodoratou E, Jabeen A, Imdad A, Eisele TP, Ferguson J, Jhass A, Rudan I, Campbell H, Black RE, Bhutta ZA. Preventive zinc supplementation in developing countries: impact on mortality and morbidity due to diarrhea, pneumonia and malaria. BMC Public Health. 2011 Apr 13;11 Suppl 3:S23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-S3-S23. Review. PubMed PMID: 21501441; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3231897.
Cost effectiveness
- Brown KH, Hess SY, Vosti SA, Baker SK. Comparison of the estimated cost-effectiveness of preventive and therapeutic zinc supplementation strategies for reducing child morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Food Nutr Bull. 2013 Jun;34(2):199-214. PubMed PMID: 23964393
- Fink G, Heitner J. Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of preventive zinc supplementation. BMC Public Health. 2014 Aug 15;14:852. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-852. PubMed PMID: 25128210; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC414358.
+ Zinc for the prevention of stunting
IZiNCG Technical Document
- Brown KH, Peerson JM, Baker SK, Hess SY. Preventive zinc supplementation among infants, preschoolers, and older prepubertal children. Food Nutr Bull. 2009 Mar;30(1 Suppl):S12-40. Review. PubMed PMID: 19472600.
Systematic reviews
- Keats EC, Das JK, Salam RA, Lassi ZS, Imdad A, Black RE, Bhutta ZA. Effective interventions to address maternal and child malnutrition: an update of the evidence. . Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2021 May;5(5):367-384.
- Mayo-Wilson E, Junior JA, Imdad A, Dean S, Chan XH, Chan ES, Jaswal A, Bhutta ZA. Zinc supplementation for preventing mortality, morbidity, and growth failure in children aged 6 months to 12 years of age. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 May 15;5:CD009384. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009384.pub2. Review. PubMed PMID: 24826920.
- Imdad A, Bhutta ZA. Effect of preventive zinc supplementation on linear growth in children under 5 years of age in developing countries: a meta-analysis of studies for input to the lives saved tool.. BMC Public Health. 2011 Apr 13;11 Suppl 3:S22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-S3-S22.
- Ramakrishnan U, Nguyen P, Martorell R. Effects of micronutrients on growth of children under 5 y of age: meta-analyses of single and multiple nutrient interventions. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Jan;89(1):191-203. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26862. Epub 2008 Dec 3.