Health and nutritional risks co-occur in the lives of children under the age of 2 years who live
in developing countries. We review evidence showing how these risks, in addition to …

Divisions between communities, disciplinary and practice, impede understanding of how
complex interventions in health and other sectors actually work and slow the development …

OBJETIVO: Evaluar el estado nutricional de los menores de 5 años, indígenas y no
indígenas, de dos provincias de la Amazonia peruana. MÉTODOS: Estudio descriptivo y …

Background Refugees are at high risk for communicable diseases due to overcrowding and
poor water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions. Handwashing with soap removes pathogens …

The association between hygiene, sanitation, and health is well documented, yet thousands
of children die each year from exposure to contaminated fecal matter. At the same time …

Recent years have witnessed an increase in the use of community based participatory
research (CBPR) tools for understanding environment and health issues and facilitating …

Objetivos. Evaluar la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en familias del distrito Los
Morochucos en Ayacucho, Perú. Materiales y métodos. Estudio basado en interpretación de …

Infections are common in children attending daycare centres (DCCs). We evaluated the
effect of a hand hygiene (HH) intervention for caregivers on the incidence of gastrointestinal …

Background Diarrhoea incidence has been increasing progressively over the past years in
developed countries, including Singapore, despite the accessibility and availability to clean …

The announcement of fast tracked trials of novel treatments for Ebola in west African is
welcome. 1 However, there is a danger in doing such trials when the evidence for simpler …