Políticas y marco jurídico de fomento a la lactancia materna exclusiva en el Perú by Ana Miluzka Baca-Gamarra

“… La Organización Mundial de la Salud en su último informe sobre las Metas de Nutrición para el 2025, ha incluido a la lactancia materna, como 5ª meta, proponiendo aumentar la tasa de lactancia materna exclusiva en los primeros 6 meses de vida hasta un 50% como mínimo, para mejorar la tasa de supervivencia y la salud de los infantes, esto ha impulsado a los países miembros de la OMS a incrementar sus esfuerzos para promover su práctica y aumentar las estadísticas de países con cifras menores al 1% de mujeres que practican la lactancia materna exclusiva. …”
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Enhancing Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy through Counselling: Focus on Early Initiation and Exclusive Practices by Putri Mulia Sakti, Hasnawati, Sumiaty

“…Inclusion criteria were as follows: gestational age of at least 34 weeks, primigravida status, singleton pregnancy, absence of breast abnormalities, and non-smoking or non-alcohol-consuming mothers. Mothers and/or infants requiring special care were excluded. Data collection was conducted using the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (BSE-SF) questionnaire. …”
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An analysis of trace element by atomic absorption in samples of human milk collected in Amapá’s Bank of Milk by Danilo Monteiro Monteiro, Roberto Bezerra Messias

“…After quantifying these levels, the milk could have been used for therapeutic treatments for infants who have a certain mineral deficiency. Quantitative analysis of the elements presents in milk focused on Ca, Cu, Zn, Mg, Mn, Na, Cd, Fe, Pb and K. …”
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The Ural Population Project. Demography and Culture From Microdata in a European-Asian Border Region by Elena Glavatskaya, Julia Borovik, Gunnar Thorvaldsen

“…Prisoners of WWI usually marrying within their own religious group. Infant mortality in Ekaterinburg was lower among Jews and the Catholics, minorities with higher education and western background, while the Orthodox majority exposed their newborn to extremely tough baptism. …”
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India’s Policies in Support of the New Space by I. V. Danilin, E. P. Shavlay

“…Nevertheless, although its New Space is still at its infant stage, the future looks promising. However, the success of the Indian astropreneurs will also depend on the rise of efficiency of the national policies – a process likely to happen due to internal and global challenges.…”
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Evaluation of Pulse Rate, Oxygen Saturation, and Respiratory Effort after Different Types of Feeding Methods in Preterm Newborns by Dipen Vasudev Patel, Dharti Shah, Kunjal A. Kantharia, Mayur K. Shinde, Jaishree Ganjiwale, Kushal Shah, Somashekhar Marutirao Nimbalkar

“…A total of 383 records were analyzed from 110 newborns. No infant developed chest indrawing or nasal flaring after any feeding method. …”
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Characterization of Intussusception in Qena University Hospital by Eman Saber Ahmed, Nezar Abdelraouf Abo Halawa, Mahmoud Abdelhamid, Mohammed Ahmed Negm

“…Background: Infants and toddlers have intussusception. Uncontrolled peristalsis or lymphoid hyperplasia after gastrointestinal disease produces ileo-colic, the most frequent kind. …”
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Creation of a novel zebrafish model with low DHA status to study the role of maternal nutrition during neurodevelopment by Katherine M. Ranard, Bruce Appel

“…Future work using our zebrafish model could reveal the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which low DHA status leads to neurodevelopmental abnormalities, and provide insight into maternal nutritional strategies that optimize infant brain health.…”
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Evaluating interdisciplinary breastfeeding and lactation knowledge, attitudes and skills: An evaluation of a professional graduate programme for healthcare professionals. by Denise McGuinness, Kate Frazer, Karl F Conyard, Paula Cornally, Lauren Cooper, Niamh Vickers

“…Breastfeeding theoretical and skills training is important for health care professionals engaging with the mother infant dyad to increase breastfeeding exclusivity and duration. …”
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Association of Low Birth Weight with Prenatal Care, Maternal Anemia and Single Motherhood by Walter Alberto Vayas Valdiviezo, Daniela Abigail Cobo Álvarez, Carlos Alberto Valverde González

“…<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to identify the relationship between prenatal control, maternal anemia and the condition of being a single mother with low birth weight of infants. <br /><strong>Method:</strong> an observational, analytical and retrospective case-control study was carried out in pregnant women treated in a hospital in the Sierra region of Ecuador during the year 2022. …”
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Demographics, aetiology and outcome of paediatric acute liver failure in Singapore by Fang Kuan Chiou, Veena Logarajah, Christopher Wen Wei Ho, Lynette Suk-Hui Goh, Sivaramakrishnan Venkatesh Karthik, Marion Margaret Aw, Kong Boo Phua

“…A metabolic disorder was the most frequent aetiology in infants <12 months (38.9%), whereas an indeterminate cause was the most common in children >12 months (50%). …”
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Assessment of the Knowledge and Perception Regarding Breast-feeding and Immunization Among the Post-natal mothers at a Tertiary Care Hospital, Bangalore - A Cross-sectional Study by Chaithra S, Ranganath T S

“… Background Breastfeeding and immunization play a pivotal role in ensuring infant and child well-being encompassing vital aspects of survival nutrition growth and development. …”
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Comportamiento de parasitismo intestinal en el área de salud de Potrerillo by Juana Neycy Cazorla Pastor, Mariela Pérez Morales, Sandra Mas, Belquis Marín

“…<br /><strong>Resultados:</strong> de los 286 análisis realizados 52 resultaron positivos, para un frecuencia parasitaria de 18, 1 %; entre los protozoarios predominó la Entamoeba histolytica con 8, 04 % fundamentalmente en adultos (6, 99 %), la Giardia lamblia (5,59 %) con predominio en los niños (3, 49 %), la frecuencia de presentación de los helmintos fue de 4, 53 % y predominó el Áscaris lumbricoides con 4, 19 % entre los infantes (ocho niños) y cuatro adultos 1,39 % y Trichuris trichiura (0, 34 %) en un niño.…”
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Congenital anomalies of kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) and associated extra-renal anomalies in fetal autopsies by Esra Çobankent Aytekin, Cem Y. Sanhal, Havva Serap Toru

“…This study aims to determine the subtypes, frequency, and extra-renal defects associated with congenital anomalies of the urinary system, which is the major cause of mortality in fetal and infant autopsies throughout the perinatal and neonatal eras. …”
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Person-to-person bacterial transmission can change the sleep pattern in newly married couples by R. Rastmanesh, F. Marotta

“…On the other hand, a substantial bacterial strain is shared across these populations with distinct intra-population, mother-to-infant, and intra-household transmission patterns. …”
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Prenatal Diagnosis of Bilateral Ectrodactyly and Radial Agenesis Associated with Trisomy 10 Mosaicism by Jonathan Lévy, Jean-Marie Jouannic, Julien Saada, Ferdinand Dhombres, Jean-Pierre Siffroi, Marie-France Portnoï

“…Only six liveborn mosaic trisomy 10 infants, with severe malformations, dead in early infancy, have been reported. …”
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A Novel Active Learning Technique for Fetal Health Classification Based on XGBoost Classifier by Kaushal Bhardwaj, Niyati Goyal, Bhavika Mittal, Vandna Sharma, Shiv Naresh Shivhare

“…Ensuring safe pregnancy and reducing maternal and infant mortality rates require early prediction of fetal health. …”
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Epidemiological characterization of congenital heart disease at different altitudes in Ecuador: a four-year retrospective study in a pediatric referral hospital by Juan S. Izquierdo-Condoy, Fabian D. Arias-Rodríguez, Walter I. Díaz-Chamba, Diego A. Mena-Noroña, Lizbeth Cueva Toaquiza, Beanjuly Espín-Sambache, Emilia J. Valdivieso-Andrade, Amanda Cangas-Isacaz, Susana García-Cañarte, Mario Rubio-Niera, Esteban Ortiz-Prado

“…BackgroundCongenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the main causes of hospital admissions and infant mortality, especially in developing regions.ObjectivesThis study aims to describe the epidemiological and clinical features of CHD in pediatric patients, from one of the largest tertiary-level national referral pediatric hospitals in Ecuador.Materials and methodsAn epidemiological, retrospective cohort study was conducted among patients with CHD who were hospitalized at “Hospital Baca Ortiz” between January 2019 to December 2022 in Quito, Ecuador.ResultsA total of 1,000 pediatric patient medical records were reviewed from 2019 to 2022. …”
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Association of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (NOS3) rs2070744 variant with advanced retinopathy of prematurity: a case–control study and meta-analysis by Aneta Choręziak-Michalak, Dawid Szpecht, Tomasz Woźniak, Anna Chmielarz-Czarnocińska, Patrycja Gazińska, Anna Gotz-Więckowska, Ewa Strauss

“…Our results need to be replicated in a larger sample of premature infants.…”
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Effects of gestational and lactational exposure to ethanol on body and bone growth of rat offspring by Natalia Viana Tamiasso, Fabiana Rocha Araújo, Natália de Melo Ocarino, Amanda Maria Sena Reis, Athelson Stefanon Bittencourt, Rogéria Serakides

“…There are few data available on its effects on infants. Objective: To evaluate the effects of maternal ethanol consumption during pregnancy (prenatal) as well as during pregnancy and lactation (pre- and post-natal). …”
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