causes of death for children aged under five years

... the leading causes of under- five mortality, accounting for 30% of total deaths, 25% of infant mortality, and 11% of maternal deaths, with over Page of 10 90% of the population at risk of malaria ... cause of death and disability in children aged under years in Africa [5] Modern medicine has tended to interpret health in terms of medical interventions, and to overemphasize the importance of ... with (P = 0.78) Index of children s characteristics Knowledge of signs and symptoms of malaria The characteristics of the children are shown in Table below About 38% of the children were between...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 21:20

... 26.1% of the children already died at home The objectives of Viet Nam’s ARI program are to reduce the rate of incidence of ARIs and safe use of drugs for children with ARIs The widespread retail of ... interventions (at a time all had their children under years) After years, with exception of few withdrawals and a few children exceeding the age of five, analysis before and after interventions included ... Knowledge to recognize signs of diseases For very severe diseases, providers need to remember 11 signs (6 for children under months of age and for children from months to years) At baseline in both...

Ngày tải lên: 25/07/2014, 13:57

... funding for research on children' s environmental health A website of research priorities and needs in the field of children' s environmental health Discussion Draft Page Global Plan of Action for Children s ... tools for children' s environmental health Statements in support of children' s environmental health by political and opinion leaders Focal points for children' s environmental health in ministries of ... Availability of communications training for scientists Improved public understanding of risks to children from environmental hazards In a nutshell: • • • • • Discussion Draft An unacceptable number of children...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 11:20

... president of the National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding ... Accelerated development Classical payback months years years years years years Time Time (a) years (b) FIGURE 1.3 (a) Development cost and (b) return on investment for accelerated and classical development ... These notably include the Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s (AFOSR’s) Materials Engineering for Affordable New Systems (MEANS) initiative and the Office of Naval Research’s (ONR’s) Grand...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 11:20

Ngày tải lên: 03/04/2014, 13:50

... underestimation of the quality of life of the children The proportion of parents underestimating the quality of life of their child was smallest for ‘Self-esteem’ (17.0%), and in this case the proportion of ... Federal Office for the Protection of Data For this evaluation, we used data from 388 children and adolescents aged 11-17 years with complete parent – child pairs, because only for the 11- 17 years ... case of boys than girls With increasing age of the children, the likelihood of parental overestimation of their child’s quality of life sinks for the ‘School’ dimension, whereas the likelihood of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... one of these conditions was the underlying cause of death (i.e., the disease which initiated the sequence of morbid events leading directly to death) or a contributing one This process was undertaken ... (data not shown) DM and cardiovascular diseases were the underlying cause of death of 43 PWA (i.e., they cause 1.4% of all deaths): 14 deaths were caused by DM, 17 by myocardial infarction, and ... regard to the identification of the underlying cause of death, we adopted the same ICD-10 rules of codification used by the Italian National Institute of Statistics for the general population (i.e.,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... failing organs, 65 ± 14 years) Similar to the causes of in-hospital death, malignant tumour disease and cardiovascular disease were the most frequent causes of death of critically ill patients ... cause of death in the ICU Malignant tumour disease and exacerbation of chronic cardiovascular disease were the most frequent causes of death of critically ill Table Definitions and grading of organ ... 54.7% (193/353) of patients who died in the ICU Table summarises the causes of death of critically ill patients in the ICU Acute, refractory MODS was the most frequent cause of death Figure presents...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... represent a cause of death When no single immediate cause of death could be assigned, deaths were generally classified as being due to multiple-organ failure These primary causes of death were obtained ... primary cause of death in an additional 14% of all respiratory deaths Thus, 83% of respiratory deaths were due to ARDS Nineteen percent of patients had TBSA less than 40% Sixty-four percent of patients ... injury was present in 20% of all admitted burns Figure Brain deaths Brain injury accounted for 16% of all deaths Anoxic brain injury accounted for 48% of the brain deaths after burn injury, while...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... practices of various health domains on children aged 4-17 years Two questionnaires were used in the survey; one for parents of children aged 4-9 years, and the other for parents of adolescents aged ... comfort/discomfort in discussing sexual health topics Although parents showed low levels of discomfort [8-12/24 (depending on the composition of parent-child gender), a significant percentage of ... study performed in Phnom Penh/Cambodia, the main source of information on sexuality was found to be the media, while friends and families seemed to be other important sources of information for adolescents...

Ngày tải lên: 07/10/2015, 10:18

... first birth by— Characteristic 18 years 20 years 25 years 30 years 35 years 40 years 18 years 20 years 25 years 30 years 35 years 40 years Total, 2002 Total, 2006–20101 ... Total, 2006–20102 Under 20 years Under 18 years 18–19 years 20–24 years 25–44 years 25–29 years 30–44 years Age at first ... 25.4 (1.1) 15.6 (1.4) 16.0 (0.9) Age at Under 20 years Under 18 years 18–19 years 20–24 years 25–44 years 25–29 years 30–44 years first child’s birth ...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 11:20

... 51% overweight children, 62% of obese children, and 42% of children of normal weight [22] A German study used a scanner to investigate the influence of body mass on the development of a child’s ... a study of 1024 Taiwanese children aged five to 13 years, there was significant difference in the prevalence of flatfoot between normal-weight (27%), overweight (31%), and obese (56%) children ... sampled 2,083 children, between and 12 years of age, determining the presence of flatfoot from footprints Using this method, 59% of children were documented with flatfoot The incidences of flatfoot...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6:29 Background In the period following wars and other forms of armed conflict, health and quality of life of mothers is a major concern as ... least of re-experiencing symptoms, at least of avoidance symptoms, and at least of arousal symptoms Hardships with regard to basic needs Experience of hardships over the last decade consisted of ... conflict-related events Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6:29 http://www.hqlo.com/content/6/1/29 Table 1: Experiences of traumatic of armed conflict-related...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... diversification, care of sick children, personal hygiene of mothers with children under 24 months of age were still very limited This may be considered the new findings about realities and the causes of child ... Malnutrition (PEM) includes forms: underweight, stunting and wasting of different levels, mild, moderate and severe According to WHO 2005, 32.5% of children under years of age in developing countries ... nutrition status of children under 24 months of age and mothers’ nutrition knowledge and practices at six communes of Soc Son district in 2010 4.1.1 Actual nutrition status of children under 24 months...

Ngày tải lên: 17/11/2014, 11:57

... lives of children and families living with ADHD In recent years, the development of multidimensional HRQL questionnaires has afforded clinicians the opportunity to measure the health of children ... optimized dose of MTS after weeks of treatment Subjects and Methods Subjects Children aged 6-12 years, with a confirmed diagnosed of ADHD (any subtype) by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ... greater for subjects aged 6-9 years (12.3) than those aged 10-12 years (9.6) Gender analysis revealed a greater improvement in mean scores on the child HRQL measure from baseline to end of study for...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06

... and supervision when performing these activities are necessary for this form of treatment until the patients are aware of the precautions they need to take Another line of research is related ... still required because of the reductions in the size of the limb Because of this need of constant adjustments, we noticed that treatment centers require the services of a professional seamstress ... In the evaluations of the patients, the multidisciplinary team is also important in the development of research 21-31 Suggestion for treatment The suggestion for treatment of under- privileged populations...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:39

... percent of child deaths More than 40 percent of all under- 5 deaths occur in the first month of life Most of these children could be saved by increasing coverage for known, affordable and effective ... Status Children s Status Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in number stated) Percent of women using modern contraception Female life expectancy at birth (years) Expected number of years of formal ... Lifetime risk of maternal death A woman’s risk of death in childbirth over the course of her life is a function of many factors, including the number of children she has and the spacing of births...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20

... child and adult VSL are compared for different causes of death: while VSLs for cancers are not statistically different, the child VSL figures for the other causes of death are about 40% larger in ... discounting of benefits for children s health, and the influence of parental altruism on estimates obtained are of primary importance when estimating the health benefits of environmental policies for children ... Irrespective of the model assumed, household-related factors may affect estimates of the value of risk reductions for children As an example, 32 VALUATION OF ENVIRONMENT-RELATED HEALTH RISKS FOR CHILDREN...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 00:20

... contact are of importance for children: • Children (especially those Ͻ5 years of age) who have been in close contact with a case of smearpositive TB must be screened for TB (see Chapter of this series: ... control efforts, particularly in Africa Children are at risk of HIV, and HIV-infected children are at risk of TB These guidelines thus also include recommendations for HIV-infected children For National ... adults and older children (Ͼ10 years of age) who are pulmonary TB suspects Among younger children, especially children Ͻ years of age, sputum is difficult to obtain and most children are ‘sputum...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20