Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and nutritional status of a patient is linked in many ways. The prevalence under-nutrition higher developing countries, partly owing to their poor economic status. Sri Lanka currently facing huge crisis the middle diabetes CKD unknown origin epidemic; where one six house-holds study area has at least family member affected by these diseases. Body Mass Index(BMI) Mid...

INTRODUCTION Despite increasing access to antiretroviral treatment (ART) in low-income countries, HIV-related mortality is high, especially in the first months following ART initiation. We aimed to evaluate the impact of TB coinfection on early mortality and to assess gender-specific predictors of mortality in a cohort of Ethiopian adults subjected to intensified casefinding for active TB befor...

Anthropometric data collected in clinics and surveys are often inaccurate and unreliable due to measurement error. The Body Imaging for Nutritional Assessment Study (BINA) evaluated the ability of 3D imaging to correctly measure stature, head circumference (HC) and arm circumference (MUAC) for children under five years of age. This paper describes the protocol for and the quality of manual anth...

BACKGROUND Studies from low-income countries have suggested that diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccine provided after Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination may have a negative effect on female survival. The authors examined the effect of DTP in a cohort of low birthweight (LBW) infants. METHODS 2320 LBW newborns were visited at 2, 6 and 12 months of age to assess nutritional and vacc...

Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), (n-3) fatty acids from fish oil, have immune-modulating effects and may improve nutritional status in cancer. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of an oral nutritional supplement containing (n-3) fatty acids on nutritional status and inflammatory markers in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) underg...

BACKGROUND Bloodstream infection is a common cause of morbidity in children aged <5 years in developing countries. In studies reporting bacteremia in Africa, coagulase-negative Staphylococci (CoNS) are commonly isolated. However, it is currently unclear whether children who are highly susceptible to infection because of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) or HIV should be treated with antimicrobial...

nemia adversely affects pregnancy and its outcome.1,2 Many risk factors for anemia have been identified in pregnancy.3 Although, it is known that around 40% of the women presenting to the labor room in Central Sudan are probably anemic,4 there are no published data regarding anemia, its epidemiology and the risk factors during pregnancy in Sudan. We performed a community-based study to estimate...