The report, by the Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board (BSCB), comes more than two years after Khyra Ishaq died at her Birmingham home.
Following months of starvation and cruelty at the hands of her mother and stepfather, Khyra died in May 2008 when her body succumbed to an infection.
But the report - published in full today - found that her death could have been prevented, and occurred after the authorities ''lost sight'' of her.
Social workers became reluctant to get more heavily involved in the case after Khyra's mother, Angela Gordon made a complaint of harrassment, the report said.
The report concluded: ''Whilst a number of agencies and individuals sought to deliver effective services to the child... there were others who lost sight of the child and focused instead upon the rights of the adults, the adults' behaviours and the potential impact for themselves as professionals.''
Hilary Thompson, chairwoman of the BSCB, said: ''The serious case review concludes that although the scale of the abuse inflicted would have been hard to predict, Khyra's death was preventable.
''The report identifies missed opportunities, highlighting that better assessment and information-sharing by key organisations could have resulted in a different outcome.''
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