Resultados: 2

Community response to intermittent preventive treatment delivered to infants (IPTi) through the EPI system in Manhiça, Mozambique

Trop. med. int. health; 11 (11), 2006
Objective: To describe attitudes to the expanded programme on immunization (EPI) and intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi), and perceptions of the relationship between them. In particular, whether the introduction of IPTi negatively affects community attitudes to, or use of, EPI; or, conver...

Haematological and biochemical indices in young African children: in search of reference intervals

Trop. med. int. health; 11 (11), 2006
Introduction: The reference intervals of haematological and biochemical indices currently used in Africa are derived from data collected from populations living in industrialized countries. Few studies have been performed in Africa questioning the validity of these values when applied to local African po...