The World Health Organization (WHO) Training course on the inpatient management of severe acute malnutrition includes training modules, training guides, and supporting materials. The training package is based on the 2002 WHO Training course on the management of severe malnutrition, which was updated in 2009 to include the WHO Child Growth Standards, the use of mid-upper arm circumference to assess wasting, and the provision of ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF) for the management of severe acute malnutrition, which enabled early transfer of children from inpatient to outpatient care. In 2013, WHO issued the Guideline: updates on the management of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children, which provided updated recommendations on the following: - admission and discharge criteria for children aged 6–59 months with severe acute malnutrition; - where to manage children with severe acute malnutrition who have bilateral pitting oedemac. - use of antibiotics in the management of children with severe acute malnutrition in outpatient care; - changes in the provision of vitamin. A supplementation in the treatment of children with severe acute malnutrition. - options for therapeutic feeding approaches in the management of severe acute malnutrition in children aged 6–59 months; - fluid management of children with severe acute malnutrition and dehydration with and without shock; - management of HIV-infected children with severe acute malnutrition; - identifying and managing infants who are less than 6 months old with severe acute malnutrition. The training course has been updated to incorporate these updates. Table 1 lists the key technical updates made for each module