BACKGROUND Congenital malaria has been increasingly documented in endemic regions. It is important to recognize those clinical features that are due to congenital malaria, which if undetected, might worsen the morbidity of the newborn. The aim of this study was to document the clinical presentation of neonates with congenital malaria born at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital and followed u...

background and objectives: food insecurity may be associated with poor nutrition, which in turn can increase the risk of adverse nutrition and health outcomes among infants and toddlers. this study was undertaken in 2008 to gain an insight of mothers' views on complementary feeding practices and food security. materials and methods: in this qualitative study, data were collected through 10...

BACKGROUND Internet websites and smartphone apps have become a popular resource to guide parents in their children's feeding and nutrition. Given the diverse range of websites and apps on infant feeding, the quality of information in these resources should be assessed to identify whether consumers have access to credible and reliable information. OBJECTIVE This systematic analysis provides pe...

–Feeding practices play a pivotal role in determining optimal development of infants. Poor breast feeding and infant feeding practices have adverse consequences for the health and nutritional status of children, which in turn has consequences on the mental and physical development of the child. A population based cross-sectional sample survey covering lactating mothers with a history of at leas...

OBJECTIVES Despite the evidence that feeding-tube use in persons with advanced dementia is not associated with improved outcomes, there remains striking variation in their use. Yet, little is known about the national incidence of feeding-tube insertions, the circumstances of their insertion, and post-insertion health care use. DESIGN Secondary analysis of Minimum Data Set merged onto Medicare...

BACKGROUND There is no well-defined means to identify the level of oral feeding skills (OFS) in preterm infants. OBJECTIVE To determine whether OFS as reflected by the combination of proficiency (PRO, %ml taken during the first 5 min/ml prescribed) and rate of milk transfer (RT, ml/min) correlates with gestational age (GA), oral feeding performance (OT, %ml taken during a feeding/ml prescribe...

Implementing the WHO gold standards for Infant & Young Child Feeding (IYCF) may help in preventing stunting, which worsen during Covid-19 Pandemic. Midwives can educating mother proper child feeding. This research aimed to assess knowledge of midwives working community on IYCF Covid-19. A total 88 various healthcare facilities participated this study. Using online survey methods, they were ...

Abstract: Introduction: Neonatal Malaria manifests most commonly as fever ,anemia, hepatospleenomegaly, jaundice, loosestools and poor feeding however hyperglycemia and hyperlipedemia associated with malaria is not mentioned in literature. Case Presenttion : A full term neonate was admitted in December, in N.I.C.U. as fever and anemia with spleenohepatomegaly ,his peripheral smear was positive ...