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" Effect of malnutrition on immediate outcome of children admitted with acute bacterial meningitis in a tertiary level hospital." Author: Dr. Md.Maniruzzaman Place of the study:Department of Paediatrics, Mymensingh Medical College Hospital , Bangladesh. Type of study: Hospital based prospective cohort study. Duration of study : one year(from February 2012 to February 2013 ) Key words: Malnutrition, Acute bacterial meningitis, immediate outcome, children, tertiary level hospital. ABSTRACT Introduction: Acute bacterial meningitis is an important serious illness worldwide and causing mortality and morbidity in children. In developed countries , only 5% of patients die and 15-20% develop sequelae whereas in underdeveloped countries 12-50% of patients die and 25-50% of patients develop sequelae . Among the sequelae, hydrocephalus, quadriplegia/paresis, blindness, hemiparesis, monoparesis are more common. Malnutrition can make a person ...

Early Childhood Development        Childhood •          The time between birth upto 18 years is called childhood. •          Early childhood is the time between birth to 5 years (60 months). •          Early childhood is the most important part of childhood and during this time 95% of brain grows & develops. •          It is the foundation time of human development. ·            •          Brain develops from the rostral part of neural tube. •          Functional units of brain are cells called neurons •          A single cell connect as many as 15,000 cells  •        ...

World Health Organization Complementary feeding Report of the global consultation Summary of guiding principles Geneva, 10-13 December 2001 Complementary feeding Report of the global consultation convened jointly by the Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development and the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development Geneva, 10-13 December 2001 and Summary of guiding principles for complementary feeding of the breastfed child World Health Organization WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Complementary feeding: report of the global consultation, and summary of guiding principles for complementary feeding of the breastfed child. 1.Infant nutrition 2.Guidelines 3.Breast feeding 4.Feeding behavior I.Global Consultation on Complementary Feeding (2001 : Geneva, Switzerland) II.Title: Summary of guiding principles for complementary feeding of the breastfed child. ISBN 92 4 154614 X (NLM Classification: QU 145.5) © World Health Organization 2002 All rights reserved. Pu...