Essential interventions for child health

Reproductive Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lassi, Zohra S ^a   Mallick, Dania ^a   Das, Jai K ^a   Mal, Lekho ^a   Salam, Rehana A ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

child health; children; essential interventions

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; RETINOL; VACCINE; ZINC;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BREAST FEEDING; CAREGIVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALNUTRITION; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VACCINATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CHILD DEATH; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INFANT WELFARE; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT DEATH; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALNUTRITION; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; VITAMIN A; ZINC;

EID: 84906923696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-11-S1-S4     Document Type: Review

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