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Poor child complementary Feeding Practices in northwest Ethiopia: Finding from the Baseline Survey of Nutrition Project, 2016
BACKGROUND: Improving infant and young child feeding practices is critical to improved nutrition, health, and development of children. Ethiopia adopted …
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Predictors of mortality among HIV exposed infants at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: In the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy, vertical HIV transmission has been decreased. This may increase fertility desire …
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Weight estimation in Paediatrics: how accurate is the Broselow-tape weight estimation in the Nigerian child
BACKGROUND: Determination of weight in children is an important aspect of their assessment. It has a wide range of usefulness …
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Microalbuminuria risks and glomerular filtration in children with sickle cell anaemia in Nigeria
INTRODUCTION: Evidence of kidney damage is observed in children with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) and this continues through adulthood with …
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Time to recovery and determinants of severe acute malnutrition among 6–59 months children treated at outpatient therapeutic programme in North Gondar zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a prospective follow up study
BACKGROUND: Despite the available interventions to tackle nutritional problems, there is scarce information on time to recovery and its determinants …
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Trends and determinants of teenage childbearing in Ethiopia: evidence from the 2000 to 2016 demographic and health surveys
BACKGROUND: Teenage childbearing among adolescents aged 15 to 19 is a common sexual and reproductive health (SRH) issue among young …
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Determinants of neonatal sepsis among neonates in the northwest part of Ethiopia: case-control study
BACKGROUND: Neonatal sepsis is one of the leading causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Despite implementing of different preventive interventions, …
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Hand washing practice at critical times and its associated factors among mothers of under five children in Debark town, northwest Ethiopia, 2018
BACKGROUND: The burden of communicable diseases within developing countries is mainly influenced by poor personal hygiene practices. Hand washing is …
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Magnitude of low birth weight and maternal risk factors among women who delivered in Debre Tabor Hospital, Amhara Region, Ethiopia: a facility based cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Survival of newborns and long term complications are highly correlated with birth weight. The low birth weight rate is …
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Effects of single and combined water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions on nutritional status of children: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Under nutrition is linked with poor water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) condition. However, there is conflicting evidence on the effect …
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Factors associated with low birth weight among babies born at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Low birth weight is defined as infant born with weight of less than 2500 g. It is one of …
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Treatment outcomes and factors affecting time-to-recovery from severe acute malnutrition in 6–59 months old children admitted to a stabilization center in Southern Ethiopia: A retrospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Despite improving access to Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) management, information on the quality of the service, as measured by …
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Assessment of Preptin peptide level in the sera of rachitic children and in breast milk of their mothers
BACKGROUND: Preptin is a 34-residue pancreatic hormone that stimulates osteoblast proliferation and reduces osteoblast apoptosis. RESEARCH AIMS: To measure levels …
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Maternal HIV infection and preeclampsia increased risk of low birth weight among newborns delivered at University of Gondar specialized referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017
INTRODUCTION: Globally, more than 20 million infants are born with low birth weight. The risk of neonatal mortality among low …
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Malnutrition, morbidity and infection in the informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya: an epidemiological study
BACKGROUND: Malnutrition constitutes one of the major public health challenges throughout the developing world. Urban poverty and malnutrition have been …
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Prelacteal feeding practice and its associated factors among mothers of children age less than 24 months old in Southern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Although Pre-lacteal feeding is a barrier for implementation of optimal breastfeeding practices and increases the risk of neonatal illness …
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Survival and predictors among preterm neonates admitted at University of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital neonatal intensive care unit, Northwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Prematurity accounts about 1 million neonatal deaths worldwide and the second causes of both neonatal and under five-child mortality. …
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Perception of childhood anaemia among mothers in Kumasi: a quantitative approach
BACKGROUND: Anaemia is the world's second cause of disability and it affects over half of pre-school children in developing countries …
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Low birth weight and its associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Different primary studies in Ethiopia showed the burden of low birth weight. However, variation among those studies was seen. This …
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Anemia severity among children aged 6–59 months in Gondar town, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Anemia is a public health problem affecting both developed and developing countries. Childhood anemia is associated with serious consequences …
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