Sentences with phrase «middle income countries such»

The new review examined studies of mental health in children under five years old in low and middle income countries such as Bangladesh and Brazil.

Based on GFN figures for 2006, the then world population could live sustainably at the living standard of a middle income country such as Algeria or Ecuador.

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Although Step 10 of the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiatives requires that accredited maternity units provide post-natal breastfeeding support groups, the availability and uptake of these services remains unclear.40 The effectiveness of peer - support for long - term breastfeeding success has been well documented in middle - income countries, 35,41 and a systematic review has emphasized the importance of skilled post-natal breastfeeding support in the UK.39 However Graffy et al. 40 concluded from a randomized controlled trial of support provided by volunteer breastfeeding counsellors that although such support was rated by mothers as helpful, volunteer support was not effective at increasing breastfeeding duration, perhaps owing to mothers not actively taking up such support.

Economic modeling shows that in some low - and middle - income countries, such as India and Tanzania, «the gross domestic product lost to stunting can be more than a country's spending on health,» explains Richter, who helped produce a series of papers on early childhood development published online in The Lancet last October.

However, the authors said that donor countries should ensure that vulnerable populations in middle - income countries, such as ethnic minorities who suffer discrimination, refugees and people who inject drugs, continue to get support, since it may be difficult for many countries to withstand the political pressures against helping stigmatized groups.

By developing blood biomarkers and «immunologic signatures» related to antigen - specific T - cell responses, the researchers hope to identify individuals with latent TB infection who are at greatest risk for progression to active disease, allowing development of prevention strategies to target those at highest risk in areas with high rates of infection (usually low - and middle - income countries), as well as high income countries such as the U.S., where factors such as recent infection and HIV co-infection are associated with an increased risk of progression to active TB.

In low and middle - income countries, solid fuels such as dung, charcoal or wood are used for cooking and are common in many households.

«Aging populations and urbanization, which is often accompanied by unhealthy lifestyle factors, such as high sodium, fat and calorie diets and lack of physical activity, may play an important role in the epidemic of hypertension (high blood pressure) in low - and middle - income countries,» said study senior author Dr. Jiang He.

The authors state, ``... most participants from low - income and middle - income countries consumed a very high carbohydrate diet (at least 60 % of energy), especially from refined sources (such as white rice and white bread).»

The school districts in the country making the most progress with low - income students, places such as Tampa, Charlotte and Long Beach, have middle - class kids in the mix.

None of these companies may seek to expand their businesses to countries such as the US, nor may their models be replicated in the US, because their low and middle income and small business clients do not have a lawyer intervening on their behalf.

The CBCL has been validated in 23 other societies some from low and middle - income countries such as Kosovo, Taiwan and Turkey, where it has shown good psychometric properties [6].