Projects Child Health & Nutrition

The Child Health and Nutrition research group has a large portfolio of externally funded research programs and projects.

Essential nutrition & child health Uganda

The Millennium Development Goal no 4 is aiming at lowering by two thirds the child mortality globally. Research can still improve our know-how on how to do it. In Uganda, malnutrition and HIV/AIDS remain serious challenges.
Focus on Nutrition and Child Health: Intervention Studies in Low-income Countries

Malnutrition and common infections are the leading cause of ill health and death among marginalized children who also face other health risks.
PROMISE PEP: Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV

A randomised controlled trial comparing the efficacy of infant peri-exposure prophylaxis with Lopinavir/Ritonavir (LPV/r) versus Lamivudine to prevent HIV-1 transmission by breastfeeding
OMEVAC (Open Mobile Electronic Vaccine Trials)

An interdisciplinary project to improve quality of vaccine trials in low-resource settings
mVAC

Mobile innovations in recording child vaccination and health data in immunization registers
EntVac: Developing vaccines against diarrhea caused by Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Shigella

Diarrhea and dysentery are important killers of children in developing countries. These diseases also contribute to malnutrition. Vaccines give a very favorable return on public health investment.
STOPENTERICS: Vaccination against Shigella and ETEC: novel antigens, novel approaches

The objective of this project is to contribute to the development of vaccines against Shigella and ETEC for children of the developing world.
Routine Administration of Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 to Prevent Childhood Infections in Young Indian Children

Pneumonia and diarrhea are among the leading causes of poor health and death in young cildren of developing countries. Many of these children have inadequate intakes of several vitamins and mineralsh.
Evaluation of the Impact of the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness Strategy on Neonatal and Infant Mortality

This is a cluster-randomized trial in Haryana, North India.
Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in southwest Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) was 720 per 100,000 live births in 2005, and about 90 times higher than in resource-rich countries. Reducing the maternal and neonatal mortality are the targets of the Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5.
ETECvac: Vaccines for childhood diarrhea in low- and middle-income countries

This is the webpage for the ETECvac research-group at UIB.