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Health management committee strengthening and community mobilisation through women’s groups to improve trained health worker attendance at birth in rural Nepal: a cluster randomised controlled trial

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background Engaging citizens and communities to make services accountable is vital to achieving health development goals. Community participation in health management committees can increase public accountability of health services.
Joanna Morrison   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Breast Milk, a Source of Beneficial Microbes and Associated Benefits for Infant Health

open access: yesNutrients, 2020
Human breast milk is considered the optimum feeding regime for newborn infants due to its ability to provide complete nutrition and many bioactive health factors.
K. Lyons   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Denmark: Botulism in an infant or infant botulism? [PDF]

open access: yesEurosurveillance, 2008
A 4.5 months old, previously healthy Danish girl was admitted to a paediatric department after six days of passive behaviour and weak suck. Over the next days she became increasingly weak, developed bilateral ptosis, the muscle stretch reflexes were lost, and mydriasis with slow pupillary responses was noted.
A, Paerregaard   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Six solutions for more reliable infant research

open access: yesInfant and Child Development, 2021
Infant research is often underpowered, undermining the robustness and replicability of our findings. Improving the reliability of infant measures offers a solution for increasing statistical power independent of sample size.
K. Byers‐Heinlein   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Standard and Specialized Infant Formulas in Europe: Making, Marketing, and Health Outcomes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Infant formulas are the only suitable substitute for human milk. The most common infant formulas are standard formulas based on cow's milk. In addition, there are formulas for infants showing signs and symptoms of intolerance and for clinical conditions ...
Corsello G   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Infant Serum and Maternal Milk Vitamin B-12 Are Positively Correlated in Kenyan Infant-Mother Dyads at 1-6 Months Postpartum, Irrespective of Infant Feeding Practice. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
BackgroundVitamin B-12 is an essential nutrient required for many functions including DNA synthesis, erythropoiesis, and brain development. If maternal milk vitamin B-12 concentrations are low, infants may face elevated risks of deficiency when ...
Achando, Beryl   +9 more
core   +3 more sources

Policies and actions to reduce maternal mortality in Nepal: perspectives of key informants

open access: yesSexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2022
Nepal made impressive progress in reducing maternal mortality until 2015. Since then, progress has stagnated, coinciding with Nepal’s transition to a federation with significant devolution in health management. In this context, we conducted key informant
Rajendra Karkee   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Used infant mattresses and sudden infant death syndrome in Scotland: case-control study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
<P>OBJECTIVE: To examine the proposition that a used infant mattress is associated with an increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome. DESIGN: Case-control study.
Brooke, H.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Discordant transmission of bacteria and viruses from mothers to babies at birth [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
BACKGROUND: The earliest microbial colonizers of the human gut can have life-long consequences for their hosts. Precisely how the neonatal gut bacterial microbiome and virome are initially populated is not well understood.
Handley, Scott A   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Incidence, Clinical Features, and Outcomes of the Confirmed Neonatal COVID-19 Infection in the Southwest Iran

open access: yesInternational Journal of Pediatrics, 2023
Background. The impact of COVID-19 on the neonatal population is still mysterious. This study is aimed at reporting the prevalence of COVID-19 and its clinical characteristics and outcomes among neonates in Iran. Methods.
Najmeh Maharlouei   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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