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POSTNATAL CARE: An obvious global health priority
A policy brief has been disseminated recently by the Population Reference Bureau in Washington (www.prb.org).

Vaccination Schedules for Pre-Term Infants
Bonhoeffer et al (Arch Dis Childh 91:929-935, 2006) suggest that vaccinations scheduled at 2, 3 and 4 months after birth for pre

Does Breast Feeding Make you Smarter?
In an extensive metaanalysis published in the BMJ (333:945-948, 2006) Der et al provide c

PRE TERM BIRTH AND PERIODONTAL DISEASE
Preterm birth occurring before 37 weeks gestation is associ

Why blog?
Just as an electronic network can provide many of the assets of an actual research institute, its weblogging facility provides an easily accessed substitute for those corridor conversations and discus

Research Ethics
The 10/90 Gap between health research resources in rich and in poor countries is a major ethical issue. What do developing world scientists think about the relative merits of national vs.

Strategies to support health research in developing countries
The Mother-Child Health International Research Network facilitates scientist-to-scientist communications as one measure to encourage sustained health research capacity in developing regions of the wor
