Antiplasmodial and Cytotoxic Activities of Extracts of Selected Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Malaria in Embu County, Kenya by Bibianne Waiganjo, Gervason Moriasi, Jared Onyancha, Nelson Elias, Francis Muregi

“…It affects persons of all ages; however, pregnant mothers, young children, and the elderly suffer the most due to their dwindled immune state. …”
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Trends and distribution patterns of infant mortality and maternal HIV positivity in South Africa: A decade review (2007 - 2016) by M Makhele, N Ledibane, H Ramatsoma, A Musekiwa

“…To investigate the trends and distribution patterns of IMR between 2007 and 2016 and its association with HIV-positive pregnant mothers in SA. Methods. This study used a cross-sectional study design by analysing secondary data on infant mortality from the 2007 and 2016 Statistics South Africa Community Surveys (CSs), as well as data from the 2007 National Antenatal Sentinel HIV and Syphilis Prevalence Survey. …”
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Hubungan Inisiasi Menyusu Dini dengan Kadar Oksitosin dan Involusi Uteri 2 Jam Post Partum di Klinik Bersalin Swasta Kabupaten Padang Pariaman Tahun 2014 by Fatmi Nirmala Sari, Eryati Darwin, Emi Nurjasmi

“…The success of early breastfeeding initiation will have a positive impact for postpartum mothers.</em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords:</em></strong><em> </em><em>EBF, levels of oxytocin, uterine involution 2 hours postpartum</em><em></em></p></div><em><br clear="all" /> </em>…”
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The Research Agenda for Perinatal Innovation and Digital Health Project: Human-Centered Approach to Multipartner Research Agenda Codevelopment by Haneen Amhaz, Sally Xuanping Chen, Amanee Elchehimi, Kylin Jialin Han, Jade Morales Gil, Lu Yao, Marianne Vidler, Kathryn Berry-Einarson, Kathryn Dewar, May Tuason, Nicole Prestley, Quynh Doan, Tibor van Rooij, Tina Costa, Gina Ogilvie, Beth A Payne

“… BackgroundDigital health innovations provide an opportunity to improve access to care, information, and quality of care during the perinatal period, a critical period of health for mothers and infants. However, research to develop perinatal digital health solutions needs to be informed by actual patient and health system needs in order to optimize implementation, adoption, and sustainability. …”
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Vaccination with Delta-PGM in the control of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) brucellosis by Alfredo Sánchez-Villalobos, Leandro Salas, Hengelbert Fuenmayor, Omaira Contreras, Enmanuel Machado

“…On the other hand, it stands out that three positives had a history, as they came from mothers reported to be reactive to BPA. Concerning the origin of the positives, the majority (68.8%) belonged to two problem farms (p<0.05). …”
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Acute kidney injury recovery status predicts mortality and cardiorenal outcomes in patients admitted with acute decompensated heart failure by Kavitha Muthiah, Christopher Hayward, James Chong, Kirsty Pringle, Shehane Mahendran, Albert Vien, Sumita Barua, Sanjay Chavali, David Makarious, Phillip Lo

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Explore the factors related to the death of offspring under age five and appraise the hazard of child mortality using machine learning techniques in Bangladesh by Ashikur Rahman, Md. Habibur Rahman

“…The bivariate analysis showed that the child mortality rate was higher among the children whose mothers were uneducated, impoverished, underweight, aged 35-49, and gave birth before age 20. …”
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Anemia in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence, determinants, and health impacts in Egypt by Ahmed Azzam, Heba Khaled, Alrefaey K. Alrefaey, Amar Basil, Sarah Ibrahim, Mohamed S. Elsayed, Muhammad Khattab, Nashwa Nabil, Esraa Abdalwanees, Hala Waheed Abdel Halim

“…For neonatal complications, infants born to anemic mothers had significantly lower Apgar scores, gestational ages, and birth weights (P < 0.05), with birth weight being the most adversely impacted (SMD = -1.3). …”
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Campylobacter colonization and undernutrition in infants in rural eastern Ethiopia — a longitudinal community-based birth cohort study by Dehao Chen, Dehao Chen, Sarah Lindley McKune, Sarah Lindley McKune, Yang Yang, Ibsa Aliyi Usmane, Ibsa Abdusemed Ahmed, Jafer Kedir Amin, Abdulmuen Mohammed Ibrahim, Abadir Jemal Seran, Nurmohammad Shaik, Amanda Ojeda, Bahar Mummed Hassen, Loic Deblais, Belisa Usmael Ahmedo, Kedir Abdi Hassen, Mussie Bhrane, Xiaolong Li, Nitya Singh, Kedir Teji Roba, Nigel P. French, Gireesh Rajashekara, Mark J. Manary, Jemal Yusuf Hassen, Arie Hendrik Havelaar, on behalf of the CAGED Research Team

“…Over the whole follow-up period, Campylobacter load was increased by keeping chickens unconfined at home and unsanitary disposal of infant stools while decreased by mothers’ handwashing with soap. Longitudinally, Campylobacter load was positively associated with food insecurity, introduction of complementary foods, and raw milk consumption. …”
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Development and validation of a multidimensional, culturally and socially inclusive Child Resilience Questionnaire (parent/caregiver report) to measure factors that support resilie... by Deirdre Gartland, Elisha Riggs, Rebecca Giallo, Stephanie Janne Brown, Karen Glover, Kelsey Hegarty, Amanda Mitchell, Jane Yelland, Josef Szwarc, Sue Casey, Donna Weetra, Mardi Stowe, Sharon Mongta, Helen Herman, Selena White, Tanya Koolmatrie, Georgie Paxton

“…Recruitment via a large tertiary hospital’s outpatient clinics, Aboriginal and refugee background communities (Aboriginal and bicultural researchers networks) and nested follow-up of mothers in a pregnancy cohort and a cohort of Aboriginal families.Analysis Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses conducted to assess the structure and construct validity of CRQ-P/C subscales. …”
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Identifying, categorizing and ranking performance indicators of schools using Q method by Seyed Mahmoud Jalilian, Shahnaz Naibzadeh, seyyed hasan hataminasab, seyed ali almodaresi

“…And how is the mental typology of mothers as one of the most important effective roles in the decision-making process for the school of female students?  …”
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The increasing burden of group B Streptococcus from 2013 to 2023: a retrospective cohort study in Beijing, China by Yingxing Li, Wenhang Yang, Yi Li, Kexin Hua, Ying Zhao, Taie Wang, Lingli Liu, Yali Liu, Yao Wang, Wenjing Liu, Li Zhang, Renyuan Zhu, Shuying Yu, Hongli Sun, Hongtao Dou, Qiwen Yang, Yingchun Xu, Lina Guo

“…ABSTRACT Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a leading pathogen responsible for fatal infections in newborns primarily due to vertical transmission from colonized mothers. Cases of invasive GBS infections in adults have also increased and attracted attention recently. …”
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Cord Direct Antiglobulin Test for Predicting the Need for Phototherapy in Neonates with ABO Incompatibility: A Prospective Cohort Study by Ranjith Balan, Sakthipriya Balaji, Arun Kumar, Subash Sundar, Shrinidhi Krishnan, Ashok Chandrasekaran

“…Following the acquisition of informed consent, cord blood samples were collected from 934 neonates delivered after 35 weeks of completed gestation to mothers with O blood type. In cases of ABO incompatibility (523 neonates), DAT was performed using both the manual tube method and the automated semiagglutination gel method in the blood bank. …”
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Persistent organochlorine pesticides and cardiometabolic outcomes among middle-aged Latina women in a California agricultural community: The CHAMACOS Maternal Cognition Study by Marcella Warner, Stephen Rauch, Brenda Eskenazi, Lucia Calderon, Robert B. Gunier, Katherine Kogut, Nina Holland, Weihong Guo, Julianna Deardorff, Jacqueline M. Torres

“…Material and methods: We used data from the Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas-Maternal Cognition Study (CHAMACOS-MCS). …”
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Pooling the complex survey data across the 64 lower and middle-income countries: A study on antibiotic usage in under-five children by Md Fakrul Islam, Prosenjit Basak Arka, Mahfuzer Rohman, Md Sabbir Hossain, Md Rashed Babu, Hasin Anupama Azhari, Md Jamal Uddin

“…In the final binary logistic regression, mothers that had any formal education (Primary: OR = 1.28, 95 % CI:1.07–1.53, Secondary: OR = 1.38, 95 % CI:1.14–1.67, Higher Education: OR = 1.69, 95 % CI:1.23–2.33) were more likely to expose their children to antibiotics for fever/cough than illiterate ones. …”
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Characterization of the gut microbiota and systemic inflammation in HIV-exposed uninfected infants from a resource-limited setting at 6 weeks of age by P. Munjoma, A. Mazhandu, J. Wyss, S. Ulrich Jordi, L. Katsidzira, B. Yilmaz, B. Misselwitz, K. Duri

“…Objective: Infants born to mothers infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) experience heightened morbidity and mortality, likely due to systemic immune dysregulation potentially linked to gut microbial dysbiosis. …”
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Effects of nurse-home visiting on intimate partner violence and maternal income, mental health and self-efficacy by 24 months postpartum: a randomised controlled trial (British Col... by Susan Jack, Charlotte Waddell, Michael Boyle, Harriet MacMillan, Yufei Zheng, Hui Xie, Colleen Varcoe, Amiram Gafni, Andrea Gonzalez, Debbie Sheehan, Lil Tonmyr, Ronald Barr, Lenora Marcellus, Nicole L A Catherine

“…Researchers were naïve to allocation.Setting 26 local health areas across four of five BC regional health authorities.Participants 739 young (&lt;25 years), first-time mothers (enrolled &lt;28 weeks gestation), experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage.Intervention Public health nurses with NFP education offered home visits (up to 64) during pregnancy and until children’s second birthday plus existing services on offer in BC.Outcome measures Prespecified exploratory outcomes included exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV), income (annual from employment) and not in education, employment or training (NEET) by 24 months postpartum, and psychological distress and self-efficacy across five time points (34–36 weeks gestation, 2, 10, 18 and 24 months postpartum).Results A total of 739 participants were randomised (368 NFP, 371 comparison) and analysed via an intention-to-treat analysis. …”
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Anemia and Contributing Factors in Severely Malnourished Infants and Children Aged between 0 and 59 Months Admitted to the Treatment Centers of the Amhara Region, Ethiopia: A Multi... by Wubet Worku Takele, Adhanom Gebreegziabher Baraki, Haileab Fekadu Wolde, Hanna Demelash Desyibelew, Behailu Tariku Derseh, Abel Fekadu Dadi, Eskedar Getie Mekonnen, Temesgen Yihunie Akalu

“…Strategies being practiced to prevent HIV transmission and early detection, as well as treatment, should also be strengthened. Furthermore, mothers/caretakers of infants and children residing in the rural areas deserve special attention through delivering nutrition education.…”
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Maternal exposure to dim light at night induces behavioral alterations in the adolescent and adult offspring Wistar rat by Shellye González-González, Mariana Gutiérrez-Pérez, Mara A. Guzmán-Ruiz, Estefania Espitia-Bautista, Rosa María Pavón, Karla P. Estrada-Rodríguez, Alejandro Díaz-Infante R., Cecilia G. Guadarrama Gándara, Carolina Escobar, Natalí N. Guerrero-Vargas

“…An open field test was conducted at PN60, and anhedonia test was assessed at PN90.Results and discussion Male and female offspring from mothers exposed to DLAN showed increased body mass gain at PN25. …”
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Prevalence of overweight and obesity among preschool children in Hainan: a cross-sectional study in China's largest free-trade zone by Wei-Jia Wu, Wei-Jia Wu, Ping-Hao Chen, Ping-Hao Chen, Zhen-Ning Huang, Zhen-Ning Huang, Xue-Lu Lei, Xue-Lu Lei, Chen Wang, Chen Wang, Chun-hui Zhang, Chun-hui Zhang, Ping Wang, Ping Wang, Chui-can Huang, Qing Luo, Qing Luo, Li-Chun Fan, Li-Chun Fan

“…After multifactorial adjusted analyses, we found that according to the three growth criteria, having overweight fathers or mothers, family incomes of more than 100,000 Yuan, fully active eating, and higher birth weights increased the risk of overweight and obesity among preschool children in Hainan Island.ConclusionThe prevalence of overweight and obesity among preschool children in Hainan Island was lower compared to rates reported in other regions. …”
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