Survey Call: Help Develop Equitable Research Funding Priorities on Infectious Diseases Sources and Drivers Across the World
by The Editorial TeamThe Global Health Network and Wellcome are launching a global survey to gather your perspectives on the research priorities in this area. Our aim is to gain a comprehensive understanding of the most pressing research needs and to form a consensus among different sectors, including human and animal health.
Scholarships available for early career scientists to help advance research in human milk and lactation
by The Editorial TeamResearch uncovers high risk to pregnant women from COVID-19
by INTERGROWTH-21stThe Global Health Network welcomes the highly encouraging news on Pfizer/ Biontech COVID-19 vaccine
by EditorialPROVIDE Training Compendium brings lifesaving mothers’ own milk to NICU infants
by The Editorial TeamRush University Medical Center has produced PROVIDE – A Training Compendium on Providing Mothers’ Own Milk in NICU Settings, to train healthcare professionals in mothers’ own milk (MOM) feeding practices in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) worldwide. It is available on The Global Health Network’s knowledge platform LactaHub: www.lactahub.org/nicu-training
DNDi short film about new treatment for sleeping sickness awarded Grand Prix at inaugural WHO film festival
by The Editorial TeamThe Global Health Network and the Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation launch LactaHub
by The Editorial TeamFactors Associated With Child Stunting, Wasting, and Underweight in 35 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by Li et alIn this cross-sectional study of 299 353 children aged 12 to 59 months in 35 low- and middle-income countries, household socioeconomic status and parental nutritional status were the leading factors associated with child undernutrition in pooled analyses and in most country-specific analyses. Environmental conditions, health behaviors, disease prevalence, and maternal reproductive care were less frequently associated with child undernutrition, with substantial heterogeneity among countries.
REPORT ON TRAINING FOR INTERGROWTH-21ST
by EditorialSurvey launched to understand clinical and research impact of INTERGROWTH-21st tools after 170,000 downloads
by The Editorial TeamNeurodevelopmental milestones and associated behaviours are similar among healthy children across diverse geographical locations
by INTERGROWTH-21stThe latest findings from the international INTERGROWTH-21st Project, that has monitored healthy, urban children from educated families across four continents from early pregnancy to 2 years of age, show that human neurodevelopment is not influenced by the colour of an individual’s skin.
World Prematurity Day 17th November 2017
by INTERGROWTH-21stWorld Prematurity Day 17th November 2017 We would like to highlight WHO World Prematurity Day. Premature birth is a very serious health problem. Worldwide, 15 million babies are born preterm and more than a million die as a result. Babies who survive often have lifelong health problems such as cerebral palsy, vision and hearing loss, and intellectual disabilities.
Children with complicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have a greatly increased risk of mortality from infections while in hospital and after discharge. In HIV-infected children, mortality and admission to hospital are prevented by daily co-trimoxazole prophylaxis, despite locally reported bacterial resistance to co-trimoxazole. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of daily co-trimoxazole prophylaxis on survival in children without HIV being treated for complicated SAM. This study suggest that daily co-trimoxazole prophylaxis did not reduce mortality in children with complicated SAM without HIV. Other strategies need to be tested in clinical trials to reduce deaths in this population.
INTERGROWTH-21st Very Preterm Size at Birth References and Z Scores (Standard Deviations)
by INTERGROWTH-21stThe INTERGROWTH-21st global references and z scores for head circumference, length and weight at birth of very preterm newborns are available to download below.
INTERGROWTH-21st Very Preterm Size at Birth Reference Charts
by INTERGROWTH-21stNew INTERGROWTH-21st very preterm size at birth reference charts have been published in The Lancet.