Infancy remains the most vulnerable period of human life for death, illness, and establishing
a lifetime trajectory of growth and health. It is estimated that there are 5.3 million deaths …

Background Infant and young child feeding is critical for child health and survival. Proportion
of infants 0–5 months who are fed exclusively with breast milk is a common indicator used …

Muttermilch ist die natürliche Ernährung für Säuglinge. Neben Nährstoffen enthält
Muttermilch eine Vielzahl von immunmodulatorischen, antientzündlichen und …

Infant formulas lack the complex mixture of oligosaccharides found in human milk. These
human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) may be pivotal to the development of the neonatal …

Introduction Factors influencing vaccine immune priming in the first year of life involve both
innate and adaptive immunity but there are gaps in understanding how these factors sustain …

ObjectiveWe sought to identify factors associated with linear growth among under-5 children
in two urban informal settlements in Nairobi. DesignWe used longitudinal data for the period …

Background/aim: The purpose of this research was to compare the analgesic effect of
kangaroo mother care (KMC), breastfeeding and swaddling in Bacillus Calmette-Guerin …

Do mothers' perceptions of community behavior and their beliefs about exclusive
breastfeeding affect their own infant feeding behavior? We explore this relationship using a …

Despite good safety records, vaccines given to young children can cause adverse events.
We investigated the reported adverse events following immunization (AEFI) of vaccines …

Background Despite the common use of Thimerosal as a preservative in childhood vaccines
since the 1930s, there are not many studies on ethylmercury toxicokinetics and …