Health
- Iron supplementation in early childhood: health benefits and risks
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The prevalence of iron deficiency among infants and young children living in developing countries is high. This article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reviewed 26 randomised controlled trials of preventive, oral iron supplementation in young children (aged 0–59 months) living in developing countries to identify the associated health benefits and risks.
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- American Indian elders are on the crest of a chronic disease epidemic
- ( D.E. Satter;S.P. Wallace / Health Disparities Program, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research , 2010)
- The elderly population (age 55 and older) among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN) is projected to increase from 5.5% of the total U.S. AIAN population in 1990 to 12.6% in 2050. Many are faili...
- Community health workers monitor neonatal health in Bangladesh
- ( G. L. Darmstadt / Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health , 2009)
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Four million babies die each year in their first four weeks of life. Better neonatal survival requires cost-effective action at the community level and good links with the healthcare system. Traine...
- Mental health in post-conflict Southern Sudan
- ( B. Roberts / BioMed Central , 2009)
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Sudan’s two decades of civil war, which ended in 2005, involved widespread violence and large-scale forced migration. This had traumatic impacts on the mental health of a large part of the ge...
