Child Health and Nutrition
News coverage Lancet Zinc paper
The Lancet paper Zinc as adjunct treatment in infants aged between 7 and 120 days with probable serious bacterial infection, has attracted interest in a wide array of news media.
A press release was carefully planned by the local partners in India, and some of the resulting news coverage you will find here.
Child Health and Nutrition Research Cluster
Cluster coordinator: Halvor Sommerfelt
Diarrhea, pneumonia, malnutrition, common infections and HIV infections are among the leading causes of poor health and death in young children in developing countries. Reducing both child mortality and maternal mortality are the targets of the Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. The Child Health and Nutrition Research Group undertakes research with the ultimate aim to improve child health and survival in low and middle income countries (LMIC). The focus of the group is being expanded to include maternal health.
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New publication, Lancet
Zinc treatment for infections in children
Serious infections cause a lot of child deaths in developing countries. A study in India focuses on the effect of zinc as a supplement to antibiotic treatment. The findings, which are now published in the Lancet, showed that zinc reduced treatment failure by 40%.
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Research awards
Publication award to article on breastfeeding
Thorkild Tylleskär and his colleagues received the Faculty’s award for the best publication of the year for their Lancet article on breastfeeding in the south of Africa.
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New Publication
Unaware of breastfeeding advice
WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding as the best way of reducing ill-health and infant mortality. However, a new study shows that in Nepal few mothers receive any information on this, and hardly anyone practice it for the recommended period.
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UNICEF report 2012
Flagship report focusing on urban children
UNICEF’s report, ‘The State of the World’s Children 2012: Children in an Urban World’ was launched at the end of February, in Mexico City. One billion children live in urban areas, a number that is growing rapidly.
News
- Zinc treatment for infections in children (05.06.2012)
- Publication award to article on breastfeeding (15.06.2012)
- Flagship report focusing on urban children (02.03.2012)
- Unaware of breastfeeding advice (16.03.2012)