in early 1990, an outbreak of measles occurred in kerman, (population 257, 284) iran. overall, 475 cases were identified and four died (case fatality ratio 5.4 per thousand). illness was limited primarily to children below 15 years of age 166 (22.3%) were in children under five, 573 (77%) between 5-14 and six (0.8%) above 15 years of age. the age of the cases ranged from five months to 35 years...

the children aged under 5 years from vast african areas badly suffer from falciparum malaria and many of them die of this disease. therapeutic efficacy of anti-malaria drugs, especially pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine (ps) and chloroquine (cq) to falciparum malaria is frequently evaluated and reported in recent 10 years. unfortunately, to date, these widespread materials and researches have not been ...

In this prospective study 37 children (65 feet) between 6 months and 5 years old have been chosen. In 75% of cases the disease was bilateral, 23 patients were male and 14 female. There was not family history of congenital clubfoot in any case. The mean age of surgery was 20.3 months (6-56 months). All patients underwent PMR (Turco method) with two consequent corrective casts under general anest...

growth chart is the best measure for weight monitoring of children. most factors that affect child heath show their effect on child weight. this cross sectional and descriptive analytical study was achieved to estimate malnutrition prevalence and effective factors in children under 5 years old in rural area of khoramabad province. 555 girls and 570 boys were chosen from health houses by cluster...

Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus presenting in children under five years old exhibits several clinical and management features that differ from diabetes presenting in older children. In this review of the current population of the Oxford children's diabetes clinic, children with diabetes diagnosed aged 0- less than 5 years are compared with those diagnosed aged 5- less than 10 years to illus...