Malnutrition is a broad concept that includes both under- and over-nutrition. It is the most serious public health problem and the leading cause of child mortality. About a third of children in developing countries are either underweight or stunted. Micronutrient shortages affect...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4831266
Background: Diarrhoea is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children below five years of age especially in developing countries. One of the consequences of diarrhoea in children is zinc deficiency, which may worsen the diarrhoea itself, and thus increase morbidity and mo...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i2430745
Background: Convulsion, a common neurological disorder resulting from abnormal electrical activities in the brain with morbidity and mortality depending largely on the cause of the convulsion and interventional practices. Outcome is often worsened when agitated parents/caregivers...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i2330741
Psychosocial wellbeing is essential for children’s survival and development. Children’s homes provide temporary care to children until they can return to their families or a long-term alternative living arrangement is achieved. The number of children entering the children’s homes...
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Research Article10.9734/arjass/2020/v12i430197
Okeke, Obiageli Panthe, Ononye, Benjamin Uzonna, Imakwu, Cyril Ali, Uzochukwu, Chukwuebuka Uzochukwu, Amana, Gabriel Unekwu, Udeh, Nwabundo Peace, Aniekwe, Maduabuchi Isaac, Eyo, Joseph Effiong & Okafor, Fabian Chukwuemenam·Asian Journal of Research in Zoology·2020
Malaria is a major cause of morbidity especially in children less than five years of age. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between malaria infection and nutritional status of some purposely selected children aged 0–36 months from hospitals in Anambra State,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajriz/2020/v3i430100
In today’s Nigeria, widespread and severe poverty is a reality that depicts a lack of food, clothes, education and other basic amenities and basically affects women and children. This study compared and contrasts gender-based nutritional status in primary school children of selec...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2020/v14i430347
Background: Malnutrition causes real problems, especially for the survival and growth of children on the one hand and for the health of pregnant and lactating women on the other. Purpose: The purpose of our study is to evaluate the impact of pregnant and lactating women's eating...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i1830378
Background: The intake of plant-based foods is currently increasing in the Nordic countries and many of these products are based on soy. For example, soy-based products with appearances close to minced meat are marketed as substitutes for meat, and many soy-based milk alternative...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i1130315
Background: Children with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) are posed to the danger of recurrent pyelonephritis, kidney scar and renal failure. Nowadays, the evaluation of VUR is carried out using different imaging methods that are accompanied with different limitations. Pediatricians...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2020/v4i430158
Aims: This study is aimed to determine the prevalence of anemia and to analyze its socio-cultural determinants among under five children to devise targeted delivery plan for pharmaceutical interventions to combat anemia. Study Design: To investigate the socio-cultural risk factor...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i3030911
Aims: To firstly determine the incidence of acute renal failure (ARF) related to malaria in a series of 11 cases among admitted patients at the pediatric hospitals in Dakar, Senegal and to lastly measure the performance of rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and microscopy in malaria dia...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2020/v4i430157
Malaria is a potentially fatal vector borne disease caused by the blood protozoan, Plasmodium spp. The number of species of Plasmodium spp continues to grow; even nowadays there is zoonosis based species that infect human. Morbidity and mortality still difficult to control, with...
Aim: This survey aimed to highlight the mental and social health-related complaints of children and adolescents during the lockdown in Nigeria. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional. Place and Duration of Study: Respondents from all six geopolitical zones in Nigeria, from May...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2020/v14i430134
Aims: This study set out to identify and compare the pathways to care for children and adolescents presenting at child psychiatry and paediatric neurology clinics in South West Nigeria. Study Design: This was a comparative cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Depar...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2020/v14i330131
Tanvir Kabir Chowdhury, S. M. Humayun Kabir, Md. Abdullah Al Farooq, Md. Khurshid Alam Sarwar, Rajib Khastagir & Md. Minhajuddin Sajid·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2020
Aims: While the developed world has significantly reduced mortality from surgical conditions in children, there is lack of adequate data on the outcome of children’s surgical conditions in the developing world. This study aims at assessing the spectrum of mortalities from childre...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2020/v4i330151