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... Abstract The multisectoral Linking Agriculture, Natural Resources and Nutrition (LANN+) approach is centered around family nutrition and has an explicit focus on integrating nutrition sensitive sectoral elements that address underlying and basic causes of malnutrition to achieve nutrition...

... Abstract The high low birthweight prevalence in resource-poor countries (16.5%) places a burden on overstretched resources. Labor ward must have written guidelines to triage these infants for optimal nutritional support to the special care nursery (SCN; 1,500-1,800 g and <34 weeks...

... in resource-poor countries. Lack of neonatal screening facilities for congenital adrenal hyperplasia often results in delayed diagnosis of these disorders and perhaps a higher number of deaths, especially in male children who lack ambiguity of genitalia. Technically more sophisticated investigations are often...

... Abstract Most infant deaths (99%) occur in developing countries. The 14.9 million infants born prematurely (>11% of all live births) carry a particularly high mortality risk. This chapter discusses strategies to improve neonatal outcome under resource-restricted conditions, with a focus...