Of the 20.6 million low birth weight (LBW) infants born every year, about 8 million are born in India1. Low birth weight is the most important risk factor for neonatal mortality, contributing to about three quarters of neonatal deaths in India2. In order to survive through infancy, LBW infants need additional care particularly with regard to breathing, temperature maintenance, feeding, hygiene ...

This research is interested in the effects that immigration has on the labour markets in developing countries. Using the 2001 census and the 2007 community survey from South Africa this paper examines the effect that immigration has on labour market outcomes of native-born South Africans. The results show that low-skilled immigrants increase the employment rates of low-skilled native-born South...

Recent data suggest recovery of language systems but persistent structural abnormalities in the prematurely born. We tested the hypothesis that subjects who were born prematurely develop alternative networks for processing language. Subjects who were born prematurely (n = 22; 600-1250 g birth weight), without neonatal brain injury on neonatal cranial ultrasound, and 26 term control subjects wer...

the authors of “management matters: a leverage point for health systems strengthening in global health,” raise a crucial issue. because more effective management can contribute to better performing health systems, attempts to strengthen health systems require attention to management. as a guide toward management capacity building, the authors outline a comprehensive set of core management compe...

Introduction: Congenital hypothyroidism is the most common endocrine disease and is a major cause of preventable mental retardation. In most cases, it seems quite natural born at birth with delayed diagnosis, complications will cause irreparable brain. Now almost all industrialized countries and many developing countries the newborn screening program to systematically do. Khorasan Province neon...

PURPOSE In spite of the success of hepatitis B immunization, still a significant proportion of childhood hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) failed to be prevented by the hepatitis B immunization program. This study is aimed to investigate the problems in the HCC prevention in children. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN All HCC children ages 6 to 14 diagnosed between 1981 and 2000 in Taiwan were collected from ...

Background: Thalidomide has caused thalidomide embryopathy (TE) in more than 10,000 live-born children and is typically associated with phocomelia as well several other abnormalities such eye or ear malformations internal organ defects. Nowadays, survivors entered middle age, an age that susceptible to breast cancer women.