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The researchers found a link between shorter heights and lower bone mineral content among vegan kids, compared to meat-eaters. But they didn’t show diets caused the difference – or that it lasted.
Not achieving the targets for children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa means that new infections will continue to increase and HIV related mortality will be a reality for decades to come.
Nurse practitioners can be the missing link between homeless children, housing services and schools, our study shows.
A ban on sugary drinks sale and advertisements in schools is likely to hold more promise in improving the diets of children and help prevent obesity in children than voluntary actions.
Some face masks now come with a coating of graphene, a substance that can kill microbes. Is it safe to breathe it in?
There’s no need for children with food allergies to miss out this Easter. Here’s how to include them in your celebrations and help keep them safe.
If we want to avoid playing outside becoming a thing of the past, we need to restore the habit in our children after lockdown.
Malnutrition during the first 1000 days of life can cast a long shadow over a person’s life.
Early childhood is the critical time in which the foundations of life-long habits are built. Developing healthy sleep habits can set children on the right path for better future health and wellbeing.
The health and wellbeing effects will go beyond the direct impact of war-related fatalities, and are likely to last for years after peace is fully restored.
Children’s work circumstances put their welfare in danger, policy and action are needed urgently from government and non-governmental organisations.
There’s no guarantee future COVID-19 vaccines will work in the elderly. So we can consider vaccinating the young first to protect them. Here’s what we need to work out first.
Male involvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV is key for the uptake of services and retention in care. When men are involved, HIV exposed or infected children do better.
Any COVID-19 vaccine is likely to be given first to higher risk groups before it is given to children. But we still need vaccines that are safe and effective for them too.
Removal of user fees or full subsidisation of insurance premiums doesn’t fully eliminate financial access barriers.
Health surveillance assistants provide services in village clinics, mainly by assessing signs and symptoms in sick children. An electronic community case management app could make their job easier.
Breastfeeding support programmes need to engage more with the challenges that mothers face.
The use of antiretroviral therapy among pregnant and breastfeeding women in Zambia has increased but adherence is a problem.
The current pneumococcal conjugate vaccine immunisation schedule requires three doses of the vaccine. These are usually the most expensive vaccines in childhood immunisation programmes.
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Professor, The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School and Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Sydney
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Professor of Paediatrics and vaccinologist, Royal Childrens Hospital, University of Melbourne and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI); Associate Dean International, University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney
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Professor in Public Health Data Science, Swansea University
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Research Officer at Medical School, Swansea University
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Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, University of Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and General Paediatrics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Associate Professor, Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, University of the Free State