As we mentioned above, health statistics show that the infant mortality rate around the world is decreasing. But there are still concerns over the causes of infant mortality. According to theOECD, The United States and Canada have a higher proportion of babies weighing less than 500g, with low...
South Korea's infant mortality rate has declined over the past few decades and is expected to decrease further.
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Low birth weight and rapid compensatory weight gain are independently linked to multiple morbidities in addition to altered growth, including increased risk of childhood and adult obesity, insulin resistance, increased leptin levels, and thus type 2 diabetes mellitus, as well as higher mortality in th...
Early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV is crucial to reduce mortality among infected infants through early treatment initiation. However, a large proportion of HIV-exposed infants are still not tested in Kenya. Our objective was to investigate whether weekly interactive text-messages improved prevention ...
Pertussis epidemiology in Canada, 2005-2019. Canada Commun Dis Rep = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada 2023;49(1):21–8. Google Scholar [70] M. Voysey, D.F. Kelly, T.R. Fanshawe, M. Sadarangani, K.L. O’Brien, R. Perera, et al. The influence of maternally derived ...
rate among women on breastfeeding is ambiguous. In addition, compared to no maternal education, higher educational attainment was found to be positively associated (OR = 2.17, 95% CI = 1.30, 3.64) with bottle feeding practices [54]. In contrast to exclusive breastfeeding and bottle ...
pregnancy, an exposure that continues in the lactating phase, but could result in early problems at birth such as low weight and neonatal jaundice, or even anemia in pregnancy, being one of the principal causes of maternal mortality during childbirth in Asia and Africa (Eze et al., 2018). ...
Aim: To assess the effect of breastfeeding promotion on the rate of exclusive breastfeeding, and determine the effect of non-exclusive breastfeeding on the incidence of diarrhoea. Methods: Mothers of infants younger than 6 months of age in an area of high HIV prevalence in Durban, South Afri...
rate among women on breastfeeding is ambiguous. In addition, compared to no maternal education, higher educational attainment was found to be positively associated (OR = 2.17, 95% CI = 1.30, 3.64) with bottle feeding practices [54]. In contrast to exclusive breastfeeding and bottle ...