Sentences with phrase «for diarrhoeal disease»

The study was funded by the United States Agency for International Development by cooperative agreements with the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B), and the saving newborn lives program by Save the Children (US) with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The four - member panel, chaired by Alejandro Cravioto of the International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, unambiguously rejects that theory.

Among formula fed infants, the PAF for diarrhoeal disease associated with not sterilising with chemicals / steam was 12 %.

Stratified matched odds ratios for diarrhoeal disease and current breast feeding in all infants

Inadequate sterilisation is a risk factor for diarrhoeal disease among formula fed infants in this setting

Unadjusted matched odds ratios for diarrhoeal disease and selected risk factors in all infants

Population attributable fractions (PAFs) for diarrhoeal disease associated with infant feeding variables were estimated as (proportion of cases exposed) × (OR − 1) / OR.13 Survival analysis was used to estimate the prevalence of breast feeding at age 6 months while allowing for censoring, due to some infants being aged under 6 months.

Our results suggest that the cumulative effect of breast feeding, as measured using duration, is less important for diarrhoeal disease than the time since breast feeding cessation.

Effects of the El Niño and ambient temperature on hospital admissions for diarrhoeal diseases in Peruvian children.

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88 % of diarrhoeal deaths worldwide are due to unsafe water, poor sanitation and insufficient hygiene, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Breastfeeding and hence relactation are important for two reasons: Infant health: research shows that breastfed babies are less likely to suffer from acute respiratory infections, diarrhoeal diseases, and malnutrition.

The number of infants receiving mixed feeding was too small (table 1) to estimate precisely its effect on diarrhoeal disease, and for further analysis they were combined either with exclusive breast milk or with formula.

However, the odds of diarrhoeal disease increased with the time since breast feeding cessation (pT = 0.002 for linear trend in all infants).

For infants who had been weaned, information was not collected on the types of food they were weaned onto, but data were available on consumption of foods in the 10 days prior to symptoms in cases (interview in controls), but none were significantly associated with diarrhoeal disease (data not shown).

In the community cohort component of the main diarrhoeal disease study, the incidence rate for this definition of diarrhoeal disease was 3.5 and 3.2 per 100 person - years in infant boys and girls respectively.

Conditional logistic regression was employed to estimate adjusted odds ratios for infant feeding and method of sterilisation on diarrhoeal disease, and to assess whether the effect of breast feeding persisted after breast feeding had ceased.

Importantly, we found that in infants currently formula fed, having been breast fed for at least six months was not associated with less diarrhoeal disease than having never been breast fed.

Further, in infants currently formula fed, having been breast fed for at least six months was not associated with less diarrhoeal disease than having never been breast fed (for 6 + months versus never breast fed, adjusted OR = 1.14, 95 % CI 0.38 to 3.40, p = 0.81).

Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases among young children: promotion of breast - feeding.

Feachem RG, Koblinsky MA 1984, Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases among young children: promotion of breast - feeding.

The group agreed that more knowledge is needed about optimal feeding practices in diarrhoeal disease and recommended the use of locally available foods for this purpose.

However, the journal is off to an excellent start, has set itself a high standard to maintain, and is a valuable source for all those interested in research and for the many concerned with the management of diarrhoeal diseases.

Several risk factors for diarrhoea have been identified and have been the focus of specific interventions to reduce diarrhoeal diseases.

Appropriate use of human and non-human milk for the dietary management of children with diarrhoea (1991) Brown K, Lake A. Journal of Diarrhoeal Disease Research.

Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases in young children: Promotion of breastfeeding (1984) Feachem R, Koblinsky M. Bulletin of the World Health Organization.