First 500 Days of a Child's Life.

The first 500 days: renewal, reform, reflection.

The first 500 days of life: policies to support maternal nutrition

Background From conception to 6 months of age, an infant is entirely dependent for its nutrition on the mother: via the placenta and then ideally via exclusive breastfeeding. This period of 15 months - about 500 days - is the most important and vulnerable in a child's life: it must be protected through policies supporting maternal nutrition and health. Those addressing nutritional status are di...

Music in the first days of life

1 Vita-Salute San Raffaele University and 2 San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy 3 C.E.R.M.A.C. San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy National Neuroscience Institute, Italy 5 Department of Neuroradiology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy Department of Neonatology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy 7 Psychology Institute, School of Medicine, Univ...

EVALUATION OF BCG IMMUNIZATION WITHIN THE FIRST 60 DAYS OF LIFE

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy ofthe BCG vaccine in the fIrst 60 days of life in inducing delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH), and to evaluate the reliability of the Mantoux test in comparison with the BCG test for detecting DTH. A study was done in 885 healthy, well nourished infants 5 to 7 months old from rural areas of the Urumieh province, who received BCG immun...

Newborn emergencies: the first 30 days of life.

The evaluation and appropriate management of the critically ill neonate requires knowledge of the physiologic changes and life-threatening pathologies that may present during this time period. A broad systematic approach to evaluating the neonate is necessary to provide a comprehensive yet specific differential diagnosis for a presenting complaint or symptom. Efficient recognition and prompt ma...