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Impact of type of feeding among infants ages 6 months to 12 months with pneumonia during the year of 2011-2015 : a case study / Divine Grace D. Genuino and Joselito C. Matheus.

Contributor(s): Language: english Publication details: Fairview, Quezon City: Department of Child Health, FEU-NRMF, 2019.Description: 23 pages: tables, photos; (in folder) with CD (soft copy)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
LOC classification:
  • CH 2019 0001
Summary: Abstract: Pneumonia is the top cause of death in post-neonatal period (1-59 months). According to the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (CHERG), World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in the Philippines year 2010, pneumonia is the leading cause of post-neonatal deaths and ranked 5th among all neonatal (<1 month) deaths. The ideal food for infants and newborn is breast milk. The WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life for it gives the complete nutrients the infant requires for healthy development. It is safe and protective from common childhood illnesses such pneumonia.
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Includes appendices and bibliographical references.

Abstract: Pneumonia is the top cause of death in post-neonatal period (1-59 months). According to the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (CHERG), World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in the Philippines year 2010, pneumonia is the leading cause of post-neonatal deaths and ranked 5th among all neonatal (<1 month) deaths. The ideal food for infants and newborn is breast milk. The WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life for it gives the complete nutrients the infant requires for healthy development. It is safe and protective from common childhood illnesses such pneumonia.

Research - Department of Child Health

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