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Estimating the impact of alternative programmatic cotrimoxazole strategies on mortality among children born to mothers with HIV: A modelling study

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by Shrey Mathur, Melanie Smuk, Ceri Evans, Catherine J. Wedderburn, Diana M. Gibb, Martina Penazzato, Andrew J. Prendergast Background World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines recommend cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for children who are HIV-exposed until infection is excluded and vertical transmission risk has ended. While cotrimoxazole has benefits for children with HIV, there is no mortality benefit • Read More »

War on children

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*The world is waging war on its children, in an obscene mockery of international law.* The article focuses on the short term harm which is occurring in a number of regions. But let’s not ignore that it will get worse in the long term. The biggest attack against children is governments’ tolerance for continuing global • Read More »

Burden of diarrhea and antibiotic use among children in low-resource settings preventable by Shigella vaccination: A simulation study

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by Stephanie A. Brennhofer, James A. Platts-Mills, Joseph A. Lewnard, Jie Liu, Eric R. Houpt, Elizabeth T. Rogawski McQuade Background Shigella is a leading cause of diarrhea and dysentery in children in low-resource settings, which is frequently treated with antibiotics. The primary goal of a Shigella vaccine would be to reduce mortality and morbidity associated • Read More »

Overweight or obesity in children born after assisted reproductive technologies in Denmark: A population-based cohort study

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by Kristina Laugesen, Katalin Veres, Sonia Hernandez-Diaz, Yu-Han Chiu, Anna Sara Oberg, John Hsu, Paolo Rinaudo, Mandy Spaan, Flora van Leeuwen, Henrik Toft Sørensen Background The association between assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) and the body mass index (BMI) of children remains controversial. Confounding by morbidity and other factors associated with parental infertility may have biased • Read More »

Maternal intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy and neurodevelopmental conditions in offspring: A population-based cohort study of 2 million Swedish children

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by Shuyun Chen, Viktor H. Ahlqvist, Hugo Sjöqvist, Olof Stephansson, Cecilia Magnusson, Christina Dalman, Håkan Karlsson, Brian K. Lee, Renee M. Gardner Background Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) is the most common obstetric liver disorder and is associated with an increased risk of iatrogenic preterm birth and adverse infant outcomes. Hence, there are several plausible • Read More »

SOS Children – Sponsor a Child

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Family based care 62,000 children 125 countries We need your help and support in helping keep families together and in sponsoring children so that we can provide family-based care for them. Child sponsors have helped make us into the world’s largest orphan and abandoned children’s charity. https://www.classicistranieri.com/wikipediaforschools/wp/s/Soschildrensvillages.htm Post Views: 13

Gutenberg Australia (Mirror) – Edith Wharton

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Edith WHARTON (1862-1937) Certain People (1930) Comprising the following stories… A Bottle of Perrier–Text—HTML After Holbein–Text—HTML Atrophy–Text—HTML Dieu D’Amour–Text—HTML The Refugees–Text—HTML Mr. Jones–Text—HTML Old New York (1924) Comprising the following novellas… False Dawn (The ‘Forties)–Text—HTML The Old Maid (The ‘Fifties)–Text The Spark (The ‘Sixties)–Text New Year’S Day (The ‘Seventies)–Text A Backward Glance (memoir) (1934)–Text— HTML • Read More »