BACKGROUND Previous studies have found that BCG vaccination has nonspecific beneficial effects on child survival, especially among children who developed a BCG scar. These studies have mostly been done in settings with a high scar frequency. In rural Guinea-Bissau, many children do not develop a scar; we tested the hypothesis that among BCG-vaccinated children, a vaccination scar was associated...

In a house-to-house survey in Kilifi District, Kenya, mothers of 2556 liveborn children were interviewed about neonatal mortality, especially from neonatal tetanus (NNT). The crude birth rate was 60.5 per 1000 population, the neonatal mortality rate 21.1 and the NNT mortality rate 3.1 per 1000 livebirths. The neonatal and NNT mortality rates were higher in boys than in girls. Neonatal tetanus w...

OBJECTIVES To review alternative surgical and anaesthetic options in the management of foreign bodies lodged in the tracheobronchial tree in children aged below 10 years. DESIGN A five year retrospective secondary data analysis. SETTING Three hospitals based in Eldoret Municipality, Kenya. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Outcome variables included morbidity and mortality. RESULTS Of the thirty tw...

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of burn injury sustained during childhood on long-term mortality and to quantify any increased risk of death attributable to burn injury. METHODS A population-based cohort study of children younger than 15 years hospitalized for burn injury in Western Australia (1980-2012) and a matched noninjured comparison group. Deidentified extraction of linked hospital morb...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of hyperglycemia in critically ill children admitted in PICU of a tertiary care hospital of Karachi and to compare the mortality of critically ill children with and without hyperglycemia. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Paediatrics Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of National Institute of Child Health (NICH), Karachi, from Novem...

OBJECTIVE To assess mortality related to exposure to tuberculosis (TB) at home among children in urban areas of Guinea-Bissau. METHODS In four suburban areas included in the demographic surveillance system of the Bandim Health Project in Bissau, the mortality of children aged <5 years living with an adult with TB was compared with the mortality of children in the general population. RESULTS...

Background: Children face the highest risk of dying in their first month life. Ethiopia is one sub-Saharan countries with newborn deaths. Afar and Somalia regions are among high death rates children. This study aimed to analyse identify determinants neonatal mortality regions, Ethiopia. &#x0D; Methods: used 2016 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey data for analysis. The multivariable logistic r...