A5059125644- HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations
- Oral Health Pathology and Treatment
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
- Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases
- Oral and gingival health research
- Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- African Studies and Ethnography
- Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Virology and Viral Diseases
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Public Health and Nutrition
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Global Health and Epidemiology
- Immune responses and vaccinations
University of Health Sciences Vientiane
2010
Mahosot Hospital
2008
Rural Development Agency
2007
Noma is an orofacial gangrene affecting primarily children living in extreme poverty remote parts of subtropical and tropical countries. Mortality disability are high, survivors often have physical functional deformities resulting stigma isolation. Many healthcare professionals primary workers where noma risk factors exist no knowledge about its implications. Public health measures to improve nutrition, immunizations, sanitation, access eliminate can lead the eradication noma. Research...
Noma, an orofacial gangrene and opportunistic infection, affects primarily malnourished children living in extreme poverty. Neglected, forgotten, unknown by most health workers, noma results death, disfigurement disability of some the world's vulnerable children. Noma is a biological indicator multiple human rights violations, including right to food. International support national attention countries with are lacking. The end neglect can lead elimination this horrific childhood disease.
Noma, or cancrum oris, is a debilitating necrotizing ulcerative stomatitis that destroys the mouth and face. It usually starts in early childhood associated with severe poverty, malnutrition, infections. most frequently described from sub-Saharan Africa but under-reported. There have been very few reports Asia. We describe clinical social features of series 12 patients noma remote poor villages rural Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos). Noma an ominous stigma poverty description this...
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Purpose This paper aims to investigate breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices among children less than five years old living in a rice surplus area Demak Regency, Central Java. Design/methodology/approach From December 2014 February 2015, cross-sectional survey was carried out Demak, which had high proportion of undernourished despite production. In total, 384 mothers having below from farmer family background were interviewed using structured questionnaire about sociodemographic...
In 2002 and 2003 there were large outbreaks of measles in many provinces Laos, including Vientiane. We therefore conducted a study to determine risk factors associated with amongst children admitted at Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane.A retrospective case-control was 50 clinical who matched by age sex healthy (who had never febrile rash) living the same villages as cases.The proportion complete immunizations significantly lower group compared controls [13/50 (26%) vs 34/50 (68%), P < 0.001). The...