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Non-Governmental Organization Facilitation of a Community-Based Nutrition and Health Program: Effect on Program Exposure and Associated Infant Feeding Practices in Rural India
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Lymphatic Pathology in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Children with Wuchereria bancrofti Infection in Children from Odisha, India and Its Reversal with DEC and Albendazole Treatment
Treatment with albendazole and either ivermectin or diethylcarbamazine citrate used in the Global Program for Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis works on the basis of elimination of microfilaria that are infective to the…
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Burden of Bacterial Meningitis in India: Preliminary Data from a Hospital Based Sentinel Surveillance Network
Globally, meningitis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the pediatric population accounting for about 180,000 deaths annually. Prior to introduction of vaccines…
Read more »Incidence and Progression of Myopia and Associated Factors in Urban School Children in Delhi
Myopia is one of the most common ocular disorders seen in children and young adults and is a cause of concern world-over. While the prevalence of myopia has been reported to be very high in…
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Vitamin-D deficiency predicts infections in young north Indian children: A secondary data analysis
Vitamin D deficiency is considered to be the most common nutritional deficiency and often one of the most commonly undiagnosed medical conditions in the world. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in young children is around 50–90% in the Indian subcontinent. Vitamin D is primarily produced in the skin after…
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Antenatal, postnatal nutritional intervention needed to decrease linear growth stunting in young Indian children
Stunting—a low height for age, also called linear growth retardation—is on the decline in India in certain age groups, but more attention still needs to be paid to it as an indicator of undernutrition in children younger than 5 years, according to an article published recently in Indian Pediatrics. Underweight…
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Accelerating Access to Quality TB Care for Pediatric TB Cases Through Better Diagnostic Strategy in Four Major Cities of India
Tuberculosis is an important cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. It is estimated that around 10% of the 10.4 million global incident TB cases and 250,000 of the 1.7 million TB deaths in 2016 were amongst children…
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