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Feasibility of “directly observed home-based twice-daily iron therapy” (DOHBIT) for management of anemia in rural patients: a pilot study. BACKGROUND: Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is a significant public health challenge in […]

Breastfeeding in Botswana: practices, attitudes, patterns, and the socio-cultural factors affecting them. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in four randomly selected districts of Botswana. Two study sites were chosen […]

Supporting breastfeeding: a successful experience. This paper relates the success of a study that helped enhance breast-feeding by means of a support group in Southern Brazil. The International Multicenter Growth […]

Knowledge, attitude, practice, and prescribing pattern of oral rehydration therapy among private practitioners in Nigeria. To determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) among private medical […]

Sustainability of a nutrition education programme to prevent night-blindness in Bangladesh. Cross-sectional surveys were conducted to assess prevalence of night-blindness and dietary habits prior to intervention (in 1986), after 3 […]

Fighting malnutrition from hospital to home. At a Children’s Nutrition Unit in Bangladesh, a screening process has been developed to determine the type of care which should be provided to […]

Counselling in a hospital setting. Breastfeeding. In 1990, a lactation management clinic was established at Children’s Hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, with the goal of promoting exclusive breast feeding for 4-6 […]