BACKGROUND Inappropriate feeding practice increases risk of under nutrition, illness, and mortality amongst children less than 2 years of age. The objective of this study is to assess minimum dietary diversity, meal frequency and its associated factors among infant and young children aged 6-23 months in Dangila Town, Northwest Ethiopia. METHODS A community based cross sectional study was cond...

Methods In this retrospective study, the population included all AIS patients meeting the SRS inclusion criteria (age 10 years or older, Risser test 0-2, Cobb degrees 25-40°, no prior treatment, less than 1 year post menarche) that reached the end of treatment since our database started in 2003. We had 44 females and 4 males, average age at the start of 12.8 years ± 1.6 years. According to indi...

Incomplete transiliac osteotomy is commonly used in the surgical treatment of spastic hip disease in children with cerebral palsy. The osteotomy hinges through an intact sciatic notch and an open triradiate cartilage. We asked whether incomplete transiliac osteotomy, combined with varus osteotomy of the femur and soft tissue reconstruction, performed after skeletal maturity could improve hip co...

BACKGROUND Dietary diversity has long been recognized as a key element of high quality diets. Minimum Dietary Diversity (MDD) is the consumption of four or more food groups from the seven food groups. Globally, only few children are receiving nutritionally adequate and diversified foods. More than two-thirds of malnutrition related child deaths are associated with inappropriate feeding practice...