STUNTING SCREENING
Check height in the context of age.
Stunting is low height for a child’s age. Screening therefore needs a reliable length or height measurement, the child’s age and sex, and the appropriate growth standard. GrowthSight is developing guided smartphone pictures as a way to estimate height during a visit.
In development · Seeking pilot enquiries
What is compared
WHO growth standards describe expected growth by age and sex. A height estimate on its own is not a stunting classification. A trained team needs the child’s age, sex, measurement quality and programme rules to interpret a height-for-age result.
Repeated visits can add context: they help a worker see whether growth is progressing and whether a child needs further assessment or follow-up.
How GrowthSight aims to support the visit
The planned workflow guides a worker through front, side and back smartphone pictures, then estimates height for review alongside the child’s recorded details. The aim is to make capture practical for frontline settings and provide a result while the caregiver is present.
This is a pilot capability in development. GrowthSight has not published a validated accuracy figure or evidence that the tool can replace standard anthropometric methods.
What happens after a concern
Screening helps identify a child who may need a closer look. A trained worker should follow the relevant local protocol for checking the measurement, assessing the child and planning referral or follow-up. GrowthSight is intended to support that process, not make the clinical decision.
PILOT ENQUIRIES
Discuss your programme’s screening questions.
Tell us which measurements, settings and follow-up decisions a pilot would need to evaluate.
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