Factors associated with anemia and vitamin A deficiency in Brazilian children under 5 years old: Brazilian National Survey on Child Nutrition (ENANI-2019) by Inês Rugani Ribeiro de Castro, Paula Normando, Dayana Rodrigues Farias, Talita Lelis Berti, Raquel Machado Schincaglia, Pedro Gomes Andrade, Neilane Bertoni, Elisa Maria de Aquino Lacerda, Luiz Antonio dos Anjos, Cristiano Siqueira Boccolini, Marta Citelli dos Reis, Flávia Fioruci Bezerra, Lucia Fatima Campos Pedrosa, Alceu Afonso Jordão Junior, Pedro Israel Cabral de Lira, Gilberto Kac, Letícia B. Vertulli Carneiro, Nadya Helena Alves-Santos

“…We adopted a hierarchical approach based on a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) theoretical model with three levels, stratifying by age (6-23; 24-59 months). …”
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Musculoskeletal health: an ecological study assessing disease burden and research fundingResearch in context by Andrew T. Nguyen, Izzuddin M. Aris, Brian D. Snyder, Mitchel B. Harris, James D. Kang, Martha Murray, Edward K. Rodriguez, Ara Nazarian

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Social and health factors associated with unfavourable treatment outcomes in children and adolescents with drug-sensitive tuberculosis in Brazil: a national retrospective cohort st... by Victor Santana Santos, Jamile Rodrigues Cosme de Holanda, Ruy Dantas Silveira Gois-Neto, Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel, Fernanda Dockhorn Costa Johansen, José Nildo de Barros Silva-Júnior, Wesley Adson Costa Coelho Correio, José Roberto Lapa e Silva, José Rodrigo Santos Silva, Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel, Tom Wingfield

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The United States Healthcare System by Jacob Pollock

“…National Library of Medicine, Dec. 2022, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8513546/#:~:text=Black%2C%20Latinx%2C%20and%20American%20Indian,children%20in%20a%20worrying%20trend. …”
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End of life care for infants, children and young people (ENHANCE): Protocol for a mixed methods evaluation of current practice in the United Kingdom [version 1; peer review: 2 appr... by Lorna K Fraser, Julia Hackett, Andrew Papworth, Fliss Murtagh, Bryony Beresford, Sebastian Hinde, Helen Weatherly, Gabriella Walker, Andre Bedendo, Sam Oddie, Jane Noyes, Richard Feltbower, Chakrapani Vasudevan, Richard Hain, Bob Phillips, Andrew Haynes, Gayathri Subramanian

“…Methods: This mixed methods study will use three linked workstreams and a cross-cutting health economics theme to examine end-of-life care models in three exemplar clinical settings: infant, children and young adult cancer services (PTCs), paediatric intensive care units (PICUs), and neonatal units (NNUs). …”
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Low wage work in the United Kingdom

“…However, compared to the United States, low paid workers in the United Kingdom do benefit from in-work social security benefits, targeted predominately at those with children, and entitlements to non-pay benefits such as annual leave, maternity and sick pay, and crucially, access to state-funded health care. …”

Predictive performance of multi-model ensemble forecasts of COVID-19 across European nations by Katharine Sherratt, Hugo Gruson, Rok Grah, Helen Johnson, Rene Niehus, Bastian Prasse, Frank Sandmann, Jannik Deuschel, Daniel Wolffram, Sam Abbott, Alexander Ullrich, Graham Gibson, Evan L Ray, Nicholas G Reich, Daniel Sheldon, Yijin Wang, Nutcha Wattanachit, Lijing Wang, Jan Trnka, Guillaume Obozinski, Tao Sun, Dorina Thanou, Loic Pottier, Ekaterina Krymova, Jan H Meinke, Maria Vittoria Barbarossa, Neele Leithauser, Jan Mohring, Johanna Schneider, Jaroslaw Wlazlo, Jan Fuhrmann, Berit Lange, Isti Rodiah, Prasith Baccam, Heidi Gurung, Steven Stage, Bradley Suchoski, Jozef Budzinski, Robert Walraven, Inmaculada Villanueva, Vit Tucek, Martin Smid, Milan Zajicek, Cesar Perez Alvarez, Borja Reina, Nikos I Bosse, Sophie R Meakin, Lauren Castro, Geoffrey Fairchild, Isaac Michaud, Dave Osthus, Pierfrancesco Alaimo Di Loro, Antonello Maruotti, Veronika Eclerova, Andrea Kraus, David Kraus, Lenka Pribylova, Bertsimas Dimitris, Michael Lingzhi Li, Soni Saksham, Jonas Dehning, Sebastian Mohr, Viola Priesemann, Grzegorz Redlarski, Benjamin Bejar, Giovanni Ardenghi, Nicola Parolini, Giovanni Ziarelli, Wolfgang Bock, Stefan Heyder, Thomas Hotz, David E Singh, Miguel Guzman-Merino, Jose L Aznarte, David Morina, Sergio Alonso, Enric Alvarez, Daniel Lopez, Clara Prats, Jan Pablo Burgard, Arne Rodloff, Tom Zimmermann, Alexander Kuhlmann, Janez Zibert, Fulvia Pennoni, Fabio Divino, Marti Catala, Gianfranco Lovison, Paolo Giudici, Barbara Tarantino, Francesco Bartolucci, Giovanna Jona Lasinio, Marco Mingione, Alessio Farcomeni, Ajitesh Srivastava, Pablo Montero-Manso, Aniruddha Adiga, Benjamin Hurt, Bryan Lewis, Madhav Marathe, Przemyslaw Porebski, Srinivasan Venkatramanan, Rafal P Bartczuk, Filip Dreger, Anna Gambin, Krzysztof Gogolewski, Magdalena Gruziel-Slomka, Bartosz Krupa, Antoni Moszyński, Karol Niedzielewski, Jedrzej Nowosielski, Maciej Radwan, Franciszek Rakowski, Marcin Semeniuk, Ewa Szczurek, Jakub Zielinski, Jan Kisielewski, Barbara Pabjan, Kirsten Holger, Yuri Kheifetz, Markus Scholz, Biecek Przemyslaw, Marcin Bodych, Maciej Filinski, Radoslaw Idzikowski, Tyll Krueger, Tomasz Ozanski, Johannes Bracher, Sebastian Funk

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Children Without Childhood by Maia Winkel

“…“Hidden Scandal, Secret Shame: Torture and Ill-Treatment of Children.” Published December 8, 2000. Index Number: ACT 40/038/2000. http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT40/038/2000/en [iv] The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), The Paris Principles: Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups. …”
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Child health systems in the United Kingdom (England) by Wolfe, I, Sigfrid, L, Chanchlani, N, Lenton, S

“…Child poverty and inequalities are rising in the United Kingdom. The National Health Service (NHS) is a universally accessible health service, funded by taxation and is free at the point of use. …”

The relationship between national cultural dimensions, maternal anxiety and depression, and national breastfeeding rates: An analysis of data from 122 countries by Ravi Philip Rajkumar

“…However, the relative contributions of culture and mental health to variations in national breastfeeding rates have not been examined to date.MethodsIn the current study, recent United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) data on lifetime breastfeeding rates is analyzed in two stages, to first explore and then confirm the impact of cultural values and maternal mental health status at a cross-national level.ResultsIt was found that the estimated prevalence of both depression and anxiety disorders in women of childbearing age was negatively correlated with breastfeeding rates. …”
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Efficacy and safety of eculizumab in children with Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli haemolytic uraemic syndrome: the ECUSTEC RCT by Natalie Ives, Rebecca Woolley, Moin A Saleem, Catherine A Moakes, Aoife Waters, Rodney D Gilbert, Hugh Jarrett, Elizabeth Brettell, Steve Nash, Louise K Farmer, Khadija Ourradi, Sally A Johnson

“…Background Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli haemolytic uraemic syndrome affects ~100 United Kingdom children each year. Around half need dialysis, a quarter develop serious complications with long-term consequences and ~3% die. …”
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Methods families use to raise funds for anorectal malformation treatment at a single public referral hospital in Southwestern Uganda by Doruk Ozgediz, Meera Kotagal, Felix Oyania, Sarah Ullrich, Anthony N Eze

“…We used a cross-sectional study to examine methods families use to raise funds for the treatment of ARMs at a single institution in Southwestern Uganda.Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in the pediatric surgery unit at a Regional Referral Hospital/University Teaching Hospital in Southwestern Uganda from June 2021 to July 2023. …”
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Co-ordinated multidisciplinary intervention to reduce time to successful extubation for children on mechanical ventilation: the SANDWICH cluster stepped-wedge RCT by Bronagh Blackwood, Kevin P Morris, Joanne Jordan, Lisa McIlmurray, Ashley Agus, Roisin Boyle, Mike Clarke, Christina Easter, Richard G Feltbower, Karla Hemming, Duncan Macrae, Clíona McDowell, Margaret Murray, Roger Parslow, Mark J Peters, Glenn Phair, Lyvonne N Tume, Timothy S Walsh, Daniel F McAuley

“…Setting: Paediatric intensive care units in the UK. Participants: Invasively mechanically ventilated children (aged < 16 years). …”
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Early Termination of Oncology Clinical Trials in the United States by Ellen Zhang, Steven G. DuBois

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Development and performance of the c4c national clinical trial networks for optimizing pediatric trial facilitation by Eva Degraeuwe, Eva Degraeuwe, Tessa van der Geest, Laura Persijn, Laura Persijn, Lieve Nuytinck, Ann Raes, Ann Raes, Ann Raes, Mark Turner, Ricardo M. Fernandes, Johan Vande Walle, Johan Vande Walle, Johan Vande Walle, Saskia N. de Wildt, Saskia N. de Wildt, Saskia N. de Wildt, IMI2 project conect4children (c4c) consortium, including National Hubs/Networks Belgian Pediatric Clinical Research Network (BPCRN) (Belgium) and Pedmed-NL (Netherlands)

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Publicly funded exome sequencing for outpatients with neurodevelopmental disorders demonstrates a high rate of unexpected findings impacting medical management by Yara Nakhleh Francis, Tova Hershkovitz, Nina Ekhilevitch, Clair Habib, Sarit Ravid, Galit Tal, Mitchell Schertz, Adi Mory, Amihood Zinger, Hagit Baris Feldman, Rinat Zaid, Tamar Paperna, Karin Weiss

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Evaluation of alignment of the reimbursement medicines list for children in Albania with the WHO essential medicines list for children by E. Petro, V. Perumal-Pillay, A. K. Mantel-Teeuwisse, H. A. van den Ham, F. Suleman

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How are hospitals in England caring for women at risk of preterm birth in 2021? The influence of national guidance on preterm birth care in England: a national questionnaire by Naomi Carlisle, Angharad Care, Dilly O. C. Anumba, Sonia Dalkin, Jane Sandall, Andrew H. Shennan

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Undiagnosed diseases: Needs and opportunities in 20 countries participating in the Undiagnosed Diseases Network International by Domenica Taruscio, Marco Salvatore, Aimè Lumaka, Aimè Lumaka, Claudio Carta, Laura L. Cellai, Gianluca Ferrari, Savino Sciascia, Stephen Groft, Yasemin Alanay, Maleeha Azam, Gareth Baynam, Helene Cederroth, Eva Maria Cutiongco-de la Paz, Vajira Harshadeva Weerabaddana Dissanayake, Roberto Giugliani, Claudia Gonzaga-Jauregui, Dineshani Hettiarachchi, Oleg Kvlividze, Guida Landoure, Prince Makay, Béla Melegh, Ugur Ozbek, Ratna Dua Puri, Vanessa Romero, Vinod Scaria, Saumya S. Jamuar, Saumya S. Jamuar, Vorasuk Shotelersuk, Dario Roccatello, William A. Gahl, Samuel A. Wiafe, Olaf Bodamer, Manuel Posada

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WHO and UNICEF estimates of national infant immunization coverage: methods and processes by Anthony Burton, Roeland Monasch, Barbara Lautenbach, Marta Gacic-Dobo, Maryanne Neill, Rouslan Karimov, Lara Wolfson, Gareth Jones, Maureen Birmingham

“…WHO and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) annually review data on immunization coverage to estimate national coverage with routine service delivery of the following vaccines: bacille Calmette-Guérin; diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis, first and third doses; either oral polio vaccine or inactivated polio vaccine, third dose of either; hepatitis B, third dose; Haemophilus influenzae type b, third dose; and a measles virus-containing vaccine, either for measles alone or in the form of a combination vaccine, one dose. …”
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