Can We Identify Illness in Newborns From Their Cry? (And Other Cool Ideas)
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Continue reading here: Can We Identify Illness in Newborns From Their Cry? (And Other Cool Ideas)
By GHHub
After significant decreases throughout the 20th century, the US infant mortality rate plateaued from 2000 to 2005 and now is declining again. However, the US infant mortality rate still ranks 27th among the 34 countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. via JAMA Network | JAMA | US Infant Mortality Decreases but Still [...]
By Maternova
By this point, you may be familiar with Plumpy’nutr®, the miraculous peanut paste in a foil pouch that is being used to treat children with severe acute malnutrition in communities around the world. To recap: the genius of this innovation is that children can be treated at home rather than as inpatients. But what you may not know is that a variation of Plumpy’nut®’s sister product, Nutributter® is being tested for improving the odds for pregnant women and their infants. Nutributter® is also a micronutrient-fortified semi-solid paste. It’s also known as a lipid-based nutrient supplement (LNS)
By Humanosphere
If all you do is look at the global health statistics for death and disability, it’s clear that men are doing worse than women. Yet women, and children, tend to get most of the focus and emphasis in global health policy. A recent Lancet paper pointed this out. But NPR quotes one of my favorite … Continue reading →
By GHHub
Whooping cough has exploded in the United States and some other developed countries in recent decades, and many experts suspect ineffective childhood vaccines for the alarming resurgence. via Leading explanations for whooping cough’s resurgence don’t stand up to scrutiny.
By GHHub
Imaging technique shows premature birth interrupts vital brain development processes, leading to reduced cognitive abilities in infants via Premature birth interrupts vital brain development processes leading to reduced cognitive abilities in infants.
By GHHub
Women who smoke during pregnancy increase the risk of both obesity and gestational diabetes, in their daughters, concludes research published in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. The study is by Dr Kristina Mattsson, Lund University, Sweden, and colleagues including Dr Matthew Longnecker from the National Institute on Environmental [...]
By GHHub
Early-life exposure to traffic-related air pollution was significantly associated with higher hyperactivity scores at age 7, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. via Early-life traffic-related air pollution exposure linked to hyperactivity.
The 66th World Health Assembly convened today, May 20 with addresses and discussions focused on the post-2015 global development agenda. The Assembly runs through May 28, and will feature numerous discussions and consideration of resolutions on issues that are critical … Continue reading →
By PIH
Ana Nieves/S4CDr. Gaby Chalup, a social service year physician with PIH’s Mexican sister organization Compañeros En Salud, comforts a young patient. When Dr. Gaby Chalup arrived in the community of Plan de la Libertad, in Chiapas, Mexico, she didn’t expect to be delivering babies.
By GHHub
The Lancet published a special theme issue on Friday May 17, 2013 ahead of the 2013 Women Deliver conference, to be held May 28 – 30 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Women Deliver brings together voices from around the world to call for action to improve the health and well-being of girls and women, and the latest issue of The [...]
By GHHub
A new study says little is being done to meet the growing demand for modern contraception methods in poor countries. The Guttmacher Institute says there’s an increasing desire for smaller families. via Poor Countries Lack Modern Contraception.
The Lancet has published a special issue, focused on maternal health, that comes just before the third Women Deliver conference to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This exciting issue includes several studies and comments that examine the critical factors … Continue reading →
May 17, 2013 An estimated 14,000 villagers from 20 communities in Niger participated in a public vow to end Female Genital Mutilation and forced underage marriage. From Reuters: Though Niger outlawed the practice in 2003, FGM and other violent treatment of young women remain prevalent among some ethnic groups in the impoverished Sahel nation, which ranks bottom of the United Nations’ world development index. At a ceremony in Makalondi, about 85 km (53 miles) west of the capital Niamey, villagers threw scissors, knives and blades into a pit in the village square which was then filled in. Participants in the ceremony, sponsored by Niger’s government and non-governmental groups including U.N. child agency UNICEF, also vowed to end forced early marriages and the removal of young girls from schools.
