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WHO AnthroPlus
for Personal Computers

Manual

Software for assessing
growth of the world's children
and adolescents

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© World Health Organization 2009.
All rights reserved.

WHO AnthroPlus software license agreement:
On the use of the WHO AnthroPlus for personal computers. Software for
assessing growth of the world's children and adolescents.
This EndUser License Agreement accompanies the WHO AnthroPlus software for personal
computers and all related documentation. It refers to this current software version and any upgrades or
modified versions of it licensed by WHO. Please read this Agreement carefully before starting the
installation. By installing this software you (the User) accept all the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
Thesoftware and all related documentation are and shall at all times remain the intellectual property of
the World Health Organization. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to convey to the
User any title or ownership in the software or the related documentation. The software is being made
available by WHO for use in its present form for the application of the WHO Child GrowthStandards
and the WHO Reference 2007. With an identification of the source WHO AnthroPlus may be freely
distributed and copied in whole, but not in part nor for sale or for use in conjunction with any
commercial or promotional purpose.
The User is not permitted to modify, adapt, translate, reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or
otherwise attempt to discover the source code of thesoftware, without prior permission from WHO. In
addition, the User is not permitted to use any part of the contents of the software to develop a product
that is to be sold or licensed for a fee. Users interested in developing any derived products are asked
to contact: Department of Nutrition, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27,
Switzerland (fax: +41 22 791 4156).
Allreasonable precautions have been taken by the World Health Organization to verify the information
contained in this software. However, the software is being distributed without warranty of any kind,
either express or implied. The responsibility for the use of the software lies with the User. In no event
shall the World Health Organization be liable for damages arising from its use.

(i)Suggested citation
Any mention of the software in published reports should include the following citation of the source:
WHO AnthroPlus for personal computers Manual: Software for assessing growth of the world's
children and adolescents. Geneva: WHO, 2009 (http://www.who.int/growthref/tools/en/ ).

WHO AnthroPlus
for Personal Computers
Software for assessing growth
of the world's childrenand adolescents
Designed and developed by
Monika Blössner
Amani Siyam
Elaine Borghi
Adelheid Onyango
Mercedes de Onis

Department of Nutrition
for Health and Development, Geneva, Switzerland

Simon Goumaz
blue-infinity, sa, Geneva, Switzerland

Department of Nutrition for
Health and Development

Acknowledgments
The software was developed with the support of blue-infinity (b-i)sa, Geneva, Switzerland. We want to
acknowledge the excellent work conducted by the b-i team.
We are extremely grateful to the many individuals who helped test the new version and provided
valuable feedback, in particular: Mr Amir Moez Naïmi (IT consultant, ServiceGeneva, Switzerland),
Camila Corvalan University of Chile, our colleagues at WHO Geneva and from the European office inCopenhagen.
The guidance and continual technical support by Mrs Liliana Pievaroli (WHO/AME) is greatly
acknowledged.
The development of this software was financed by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
to the Department of Nutrition.

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