OBJECTIVE To review the published literature on the effects of nonparental and out-of-home care on infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. METHOD Narrative literature review. RESULTS Although substantial controversy persists, the accumulated evidence suggests that nonparental care does not necessarily have either beneficial or detrimental effects on infants and children, although it can have s...

adequate National Tuberculosis Control Programme implementation. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2008; 12: 869–877. 7 World Health Organization. Public-Private Mix for TB Care and Control A toolkit. Geneva, WHO, 2010. WHO/HTM/TB/2010.12; available from www.who.int/tb/careproviders/ppm/PPMToolkit. pdf Date last updated: 2012; Date last accessed: February 8, 2012. 8 Malmborg R, Mann G, Squire SB. A systema...

A survey of 452 pregnant women accessing care at first level public health facilities in a local government area in southwest Nigeria was conducted to assess their perspectives on the quality of antenatal care received. Majority of the women expressed satisfaction with the level of expertise and basic technical competence of their careproviders. Less than 30% were pleased with the existing pati...

Rooted deeply in society and the scientific world, DCS established for the commemoration of its 50th anniversary a range of events, each aiming at a special part of its backing. Speach-making was a congress annex information market where patients and careproviders met and discussed developments in cancer control and the needs of patients. In September DCS together with the association of next o...

BACKGROUND Health institutions need to contribute their quota towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) with respect to maternal health. In order to do so, current data on maternal mortality is essential for careproviders and policy makers to appreciate the burden of the problem and understand how best to distribute resources. This study presents the magnitude and distrib...

A growing body of evidence is accumulating in support of sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and asthma. Several European countries use SLIT in preference to the more established subcutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) because of improved safety and ease of administration, particularly among children and those with asthma. However uncertainty persists, particularly ...