International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week was celebrated by members of Lata Medical Research Foundation, Nagpur, from 21st to 27th October 2018. The International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of action took place, with a particular focus on eliminating lead paint. With this regards, drawing…
LMRF wins dual prizes at National Conference
Dr. Archana Patel, Program Director and CFO, LMRF was invited as a speaker at the at the 8th National Infant and Young Child Feeding and Human Milk Banking Conference 2018 of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) Karnataka. Her topic…
17th FERCAP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND FERCI NATIONAL CONFERENCE: 20th – 22nd Nov 2017
The 17th FERCAP International Conference & 5th Ferci National Conference was held from 20th to 22nd November 2017, at Delhi, India. This workshop was attended by Dr.Seema Parwekar, DAGA Memorial Womens Hospital & Ms.smita Puppalwar, from Lata Medical Research Foundation,…
What zinc supplementation does and does not achieve in diarrhea prevention: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Prevention of diarrhea has presented indomitable challenges. A preventive strategy that has received significant interest is zinc supplementation. Existing literature including quantitative meta-analyses and systematic reviews tend to show that zinc supplementation is beneficial however evidence to the contrary is…
Risk Factors for predicting diarrheal duration and morbidity in children with acute diarrhea
A third of the hospital admissions in developing countries are due to diarrhea related diseases, with 17% mortality mostly due to dehydration, prolongation of acute diarrhea and its complications Objectives: To identify baseline risk factors for prolonged diarrheal duration and…
Bayesian estimates of the prevalence of β-thalassemia trait in voluntary blood donors of central India: a survey
Early detection of β-thalassemia (β-thal) trait is important. Voluntary blood donors represent an important group who are accessible and cooperative for this purpose. However, the usefulness of this population in β-thal trait detection programs has not been studied in India.…