Background In eastern and southern Africa, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
epidemic appeared first in urban centres and then spread to rural areas. Its overall …

Available data on the long-term consequences of preschool stunting are scarce and
conflicting. The objective of this study was to assess the amount of catch-up growth from …

Background: Prolonged breast-feeding is frequently associated with malnutrition in less-
developed countries, even after adjustment for socioeconomic confounders. However, in …

We estimated the effectiveness of pertussis vaccination in reducing the clinical severity of
breakthrough disease among vaccinated individuals from a comprehensive follow-up study …

Using data from a longitudinal study conducted in 40 villages by the UK MRC in the North
Bank Division of The Gambia beginning in late 1981, we examined infant and child mortality …

Religion and protective behaviours towards AIDS in rural Sen... : AIDS Religion and
protective behaviours towards AIDS in rural Senegal : AIDS Log in or Register Subscribe to …

Background In many developing countries, breastfed children have a lower nutritional status
than those weaned from 12 months of age. Reverse causality, that is, earlier weaning of …

Objective: To study the physical activity patterns and daily estimates of energy expenditure
(EE) of rural adolescent Senegalese girls. Design: Physical activity was monitored using a …

Plasmodium falciparum gametocytaemia was studied in 266 Senegalese children (median 4
years, range 0.5-16) with uncomplicated malaria treated with chloroquine (CQ) …

This study examines energy expenditure and physical activity levels for a sample of 40
adolescent girls of the Sereer ethnic group of rural Senegal. The girls were 13.3±0.5 years at …