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Health and Survival Impacts of Early Childhood Development Programmes: The Case of the Happy Child Programme in Brazil

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper adds to the growing evidence on the impacts of early childhood development (ECD) programming by examining one of the world's largest home visitation programmes, the Happy Child Programme in Brazil, and its impacts on child vaccination and preventable death rates.
Raquel Tebaldi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Vaccines [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Introdução: As vacinas previnem mais casos de doença do que qualquer tratamento médico. A informação sobre novas vacinas introduzidas no mercado e não incluídas no Programa Nacional de Vacinação (PNV) é no entanto por vezes pouco divulgada, e o seu ...
Brito, MJ   +5 more
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Travelers' Diarrhea in Children Visiting Tropical Countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
We studied a group of 174 Portuguese children (aged 2 mo-16 y) who mostly traveled to tropical Portuguese-speaking countries and found an attack rate of 21.8% for travelers' diarrhea, much lower than previously described. We also showed that African rate
Figueiredo, A, Silva, FG, Varandas, L
core   +1 more source

Infection Complications in Pediatric Patients With Inborn Errors of Immunity After Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation: A Chinese Single‐Center Study

open access: yesTransplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
This study reveals that infections are highly prevalent in pediatric IEI patients after umbilical cord blood transplantation, with early‐stage infections and bloodstream infections strongly associated with poorer survival. These findings advocate for risk‐stratified surveillance and preemptive strategies in high‐risk subgroups.
Zhongling Wei   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rotavirus infections and their genotype distribution in Rwanda before and after the introduction of rotavirus vaccination

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
Rotavirus vaccination has reduced mortality and hospital admissions due to rotavirus diarrhoea, but its effect on rotavirus infections and the impact of rotavirus genotypes are still unclear. Real-time PCR was used to detect rotavirus and other pathogens
Jean-Claude Kabayiza   +2 more
doaj  

Hospitalization of Children with Rotavirus Infection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Introdução. A infecção por rotavírus é a principal causa de diarreia aguda em todo o mundo. Nos países desenvolvidos não constitui uma causa importante de morte, mas cursa com uma alta morbilidade. Objectivo.
Brito, MJ   +5 more
core  

From Lake Victoria to the Tap: Antibiotic Resistance and Pathogenic Contamination of Kisumu City Water Supply and Wastewater Network

open access: yesTropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Waterborne diseases and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) pose mounting public health threats across sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly in rapidly urbanising regions dependent on untreated or poorly treated surface waters. This study applied shotgun metagenomic sequencing to characterise microbial communities, virulence factors and antibiotic ...
Oleg N. Reva   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rotavirus antigenemia in children is associated with viremia.

open access: yesPLoS Medicine, 2007
BackgroundAntigenemia is commonly detected in rotavirus-infected children. Although rotavirus RNA has been detected in serum, definitive proof of rotavirus viremia has not been shown.
Sarah E Blutt   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Incidence of diarrhea: poor parental recall ability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Several methodological issues may have an impact on the incidence rates of childhood acute diarrhea reported by community-based studies. This study was performed to assess the impact of parental recall ability and definition of diarrhea on the estimate ...
Carneiro, Nadya Bustani   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Diarreia em crianças menores de cinco anos no Hospital Geral do Bengo [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
A doença diarreica constitui uma das principais causas de morte em crianças menores de cinco anos em Angola. O presente estudo assume como principal objectivo identificar os agentes patogénicos causadores de diarreia, entre eles vírus, parasitas e ...
Brito, Miguel   +3 more
core  

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