New Evidence Available
Updated Recommendation
A new evidence synthesis was published:2025, WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 6: tuberculosis and comorbidities, 2nd ed.
View latest version (2025)Bibliographic Info
GuidelineGuideline: nutritional care and support for patients with tuberculosis
Year of Publication2013
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Status
Retired
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Very low
Pregnant women with active TB and moderate undernutrition, or with inadequate weight gain, should be provided with locally available nutrientrich or fortified supplementary foods, as necessary to achieve an average weekly minimum weight gain of approximately 300 g in the second and third trimesters.
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This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Guideline
WHO recommendations on maternal health: guidelines approved by the WHO Guidelines Review Committee, second edition. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2025
Year2023
InstitutionWorld Health Organization