the government of the united republic of tanzania has initiated the integrated management of childhood illness program to improve the health and wellbeing of children.tanzania's under-five mortality rate is still 1.7 times higher than the world average and, in order to achieve its millennium development goal 4 target, its annual reduction rate is quite low at 2.2. the main aim of the study is t...

The object of this short paper is to point out certain symptoms peculiar to certain places and present laboratory evidence of the variation of the rickettsial strains which one considers to be the cause of difference in the severity and symptoms of the disease. The entry of the forces in large numbers in the eastern zone of war not only brought to light the presence of scrub typhus in unrecorde...

Smylie et al.1 have done a signal service to Canada’s Aboriginal peoples and to health care professionals who care for their children or may be called upon to do so. Accurate information is essential to health care planning and management, and the authors clearly demonstrate the need for improvement in this regard. Their recommendations are constructive and need to be heeded by public authoriti...

Background: Neonatal mortality had not changed significantly in the last decade in African countries particularly in Nigeria; however, under-five mortality had reduced significantly. Nigeria with a quarter of maternal and under-five mortality is among ten countries with the highest neonatal mortality. Previous studies had shown patterns of newborn morbidity and mortality; however, no study has ...