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New WHO Report Tackles Children's Environmental Health
The scientific principles that the document proposes for use in evaluation of environmental health risks in children will help the health sector, researchers, and policy makers to protect children of all ages, through improved risk assessments, appropriate interventions, and focused research, to become healthy adults.
Heart rate patterns before birth provide clues to children's later development
Variations in heart rate patterns provide information on how the nervous system functions in adults and children. Obstetricians have long considered heart rate patterns to be important indicators of fetal well-being during the prenatal period as well as in labor and delivery.
Researchers say child mortality reduction could be achieved through more research on health policy and systems research
The presenters in the session said the number of possible avenues in health research is growing continuously and the proposals for research funding far exceed the potential of the countries to fund them. This is especially the case in developing countries where health needs are large and health research budgets are small.
New report shows improvements in child survival in Africa for the first time since the 1980s - but more than a million African babies still die in the first month of life
U.S. Announces $46 Million Award to Improve Nutrition of Infants and
Young Children in Developing Nations
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British Paediatric Neurology Association
Gastroenterology and Nutrition in Children and Teenagers
New CHNRI Publication
A New Approach for Systematic Priority Setting in Child Health Research Investment
Child Health and Nutrition Research in Sub-Saharan Africa
Improving Exclusive Breastfeeding at Scale
Challenges for Childhood Health and Nutrition Research in Latin America addressing the 90/10 gap
Published by Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) 2006
