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- in Public Health
- — 17 Jan, 2008
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News – Undernutrirtion Causes a Third of Child Deaths

Zulfiqar Bhutta
Reference: The Lancet, Maternal and Child Undernutrition Special Series
With one child in three killed by it, childhood and maternal undernutrition are discussed in a special series of articles in the Lancet. Sarah Maxwell spoke with Zulfiqar Bhutta
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- in Public Health
- — 9 Dec, 2007
No Use Of Hydroxyurea In Country With Most Sickle Cell Anemia

Zakari Aliyu
REFERENCE: American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, December 8-11 2007, Atlanta
ZAKARI ALIYU, Howard University, Washington DC
Nigeria has the highest incidence of sickle cell anemia in the world, with over 150,000 children being born each year with
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- in Public Health
- — 28 May, 2007
Pneumonia in Children Under One Year: Current Guidelines Not Sufficient
LISA McNALLY, Institute of Child Health, London, and University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
REFERENCE: The Lancet 2007; 369:1440-1451
A new study suggests that current guidelines for the treatment of severe pneumonia in children under one year should change. The investigation, which
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