BACKGROUND Despite significant increases in global health investment and the availability of low-cost, efficacious interventions to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission (pMTCT) in low- and middle-income countries with high HIV burden, the translation of scientific advances into effective delivery strategies has been slow, uneven and incomplete. As a result, pediatric HIV infection remains l...

Abstract Background Malnutrition is a clinical entity that often underdiagnosed due to lack of standard nutrition status screening during patient encounters, malnutrition education throughout medical training, inadequate resources provide proper nutritional care, and differing perceptions regarding the importance this condition. Amongst patients whose left untreated, approximately two thirds th...