The mortality rate in Oman among children under five years in the sultanate has dropped to 5.9 per cent compared… [Read More]
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Tackling Stunting: Rwanda’s Unfinished Business (Relief Web)
With a 38% stunting rate, Rwanda needs to accelerate progress on under nutrition, according to the latest economic update. The… [Read More]
Prisoners to parental incarceration: how do incarceration rates affect infant mortality? (Medical Bag)
The effect of mass incarceration is especially harsh on families with young children, as recent parental incarceration (usually fathers) raises… [Read More]
Male Involvement Key to Reducing Maternal and Child Mortality (Modern Ghana)
Dads’ Support Clubs, which teach men to assist their wives at home, help during pregnancy, and to have a greater… [Read More]
Infant Mortality: The Unforgivable Grief (Daily Pakistan)
Qazi argues that the high level of infant mortality in the country is due in large part to poor sanitation,… [Read More]
Mortality in Older Children and Adolescents: The Forgotten Ones (The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health)
What happens in childhood has profound implications for adult life and for national development. Conventionally, particularly in the Millennium Development… [Read More]
One in Six Children ‘Affected by Conflict’ – Save the Children (BBC News)
A new report by Save the Children claims that one in every six children are now living in a global… [Read More]
Diphtheria: What Exactly Is It… And Why Is It Back? (NPR)
While diphtheria is widely forgotten due to the effectiveness of vaccinations, it is spreading quickly in places like Bangladesh and… [Read More]
Anti-Diphtheria Vaccination Drive Launched to Save Rohingya Children (Dhaka Tribune)
A joint vaccination campaign against diphtheria and other preventable diseases has been launched in Cox’s Bazar for young Rohingya children… [Read More]
Preventing Tuberculosis-Related Death in Children with HIV (The Lancet)
Tootla, Hafsah Deepa, and Mark Patrick Nicol, “Preventing Tuberculosis-Related Death in Children with HIV,” The Lancet HIV (November 2017), doi:10.1016/S2352-3018(17)30208-4… [Read More]
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