Leprosy is an ancient disease that remains endemic and continues to be a major public health problem in some tropical countries, where it has been internationally recognized as being linked to the underdevelopment conditions. The natural course of the disease covers a wide variety of clinical conditions with systemic involvement. In this paper, we review the findings obtained in studies of the ...

Thanatophoric dysplasia is the lethal skeletal dysplasia characterized by marked underdevelopment of the skeleton and short-limb dwarfism. The child will be having a short neck, narrow thoracic cage and protuberant abdomen. Other anatomical features include a relatively enlarged head with frontal bossing, prominent eyes, hypertelorism and the depressed nasal bridge. The diagnosis is usually mad...

The Principles of Biomedical Ethics by Tom L Beauchamp and James F Childress which is now in its fourth edition has had a great influence on the development of bioethics through its exposition of a theory based on the four principles: respect for autonomy; non-maleficence; beneficence, and justice (1). The theory is developed as a common-morality theory, and the present paper attempts to show h...

BACKGROUND Cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita (CMTC) is a sporadic congenital skin vascular abnormality. Significant number of patients has other congenital anomalies. CASE REPORT We report a case of a preterm male newborn with cutis marmorata pattern presented on the skin of the face, right side of front of the trunk, whole back, glutei and both legs. Besides, microretrognatia and asy...

Council published the Initial Burden of Disease Estimates for South Africa, 2000 in March 20031,2. This was the first attempt to derive consistent and coherent estimates of all causes of death from a range of data sources and models. A major finding of the study was the quadruple burden of disease experienced in South Africa resulting from the combination of the pretransitional causes related t...

Indigenous peoples understand clearly the relationship between development for someone else, and their own underdevelopment. They also understand clearly the impacts of certain approaches to development on the environment and on the health of their peoples. For example, practices such as monoculture cash crop production, use of genetically modified seeds and mineral extraction lead to environme...

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a form of congenital heart disease characterized by severe underdevelopment of the left heart, leading to inadequate systemic blood flow. Several different atrial septal morphologies are observed in HLHS, most commonly a secundum atrial septal defect, patent foramen ovale, intact septum, and leftward displacement of the superior attachment of the septum...

Preamble: The paper aims at introducing concepts, theories and policies regarding growth and development. The meaning of development as it has evolved over the years is clarified. The contemporary as well as classic theories of growth, development and underdevelopment are considered in detail. Theories and issues related to population, poverty and human resources are considered. Urban and rural...

Introduction. The social order to create the foundation for a healthy childhood necessitates scientific search new strategies building variable system of physical education children with severe speech disorders. purpose study is assess impact "Play health" partial adaptive and development program on psychophysiological indicators senior preschool age Materials methods. involved 53 (25 girls 28 ...