Tag: Child Health

A Bayesian survival analysis of Ethiopian demographic data shows that under-five mortality is concentrated in infancy, with lower hazards among ...

A pooled analysis of Rwandan demographic surveys links cooking in separate buildings with reduced odds of child diarrhoea and stunting.

A study in Environmental Geochemistry and Health finds that children in Nigerian artisanal mining fields face high probabilistic health risks ...

A mystery shopper study reveals that South African advertising complaint mechanisms fail procedurally and substantively to protect children from unhealthy ...

An analysis of two Rwandan demographic surveys reveals altitude-associated gradients in child health, with poverty and short birth intervals consistently ...

A case-control study in Ethiopia identifies rural residence, large family size, preterm birth, recent illness and obstetric complications as factors ...

A survey of 280 Bangkok school teachers found 88.6 percent identified food as a common anaphylaxis trigger but only 6.1 ...

A meta-analysis of 33 studies estimates that 13 percent of children under five in South and Southeast Asia experience diarrhoeal ...

Springer Nature has launched Discover Pediatrics, a new open-access, peer-reviewed journal covering basic, translational, and clinical research on patients from ...

A retrospective study of 108 term high-risk infants in China found that exclusive breastfeeding was associated with higher weight- and ...

A meeting report in BMC Proceedings details a Bengaluru symposium that brought together clinical and public health experts to address ...

A systematic review of 12 studies finds that 36 percent of children aged 12 to 59 months in conflict-affected African ...

A systematic review of eighteen studies finds community-based health education consistently improves health knowledge in fragile and conflict-affected Sub-Saharan African ...

A retrospective records study of therapeutic feeding centres in Yemen found recovery, mortality and default rates generally within Sphere standards, ...

A newly published study protocol details a three-component school intervention designed to evaluate obesity prevention among American Indian fourth-graders in ...

A multilevel analysis of Ghana's 2022 Demographic and Health Survey links under-five mortality to maternal education, parity, antenatal care patterns ...

A retrospective study of 2,931 surgically treated presumed typhoid ileal perforations in Niger found an 11.2% in-hospital mortality rate, with ...

A co-design study mapped seven phases of care for children aged 0 to 8 years at five Dutch hemophilia treatment ...

A 2023 cross-sectional survey of 273 children in Sri Lanka detected one whipworm infection, but differences from earlier surveys prevented ...

A mixed-methods study in two Ghanaian paediatric intensive care units finds that nurses, doctors, and families perceive family-centred care as ...