Research Articles

This year's conference which was held at the Groenkloof Campus in Pretoria was filled with...

Globally, the leading cause of death in children 1 – 59 months of age is lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs). They cause 18.7%(uncertainty range 15.3 – 20.2) of deaths per annum in this age group, thevast majority of which occur in Africa and South Asia.[1,2] Respiratorysyncytial virus (RSV) is the commonest cause of pneumonia(20 – 40%) and bronchiolitis (40 – 80%) in children, particularlythose aged <1 year.[3-7] RSV is a single-stranded RNA virus in thePneumoviridae family, exhibiting two antigenic types

International KMC day is May 15th. It is high time that neonatal units started to review how they...

While the more immediate benefits of KMC for small and sick newborns are well studied and...

WHO urges quality care for women and newborns in critical first weeks after childbirth.The World...

Wealth, place of birth, coverage of care at birth, and, in some cultures, also the newborn’s...

WHY? Evidence-based, high-quality treatment and care are provided in a timely, people-centred...

WHY? Having parents who are actively involved in the care of their newborn and who are in close...

November 17th 2021 The year 2021 has been unique in many ways as the global COVID-19 pandemic has...

The year 2020 has been unique in many ways, leading us into a new decade posing serious challenges...