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   Utility of kangaroo mother care in preterm and low birthweight infants

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: SR Shrivastava --- Department of Community Medicine, PS Shrivastava --- Department of Community Medicine, J Ramasamy --- Department of Community Medicine,

   Preterm birth (< 37 completed weeks of gestation) is the largest direct cause of neonatal mortality, accounting for an estimated 27% of the 4-million neonatal deaths every year. Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is a type of care for preterm and...

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   Knowledge and attitudes of nursing staff and mothers towards kangaroo mother care in the eastern sub-district of Cape Town

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: N. Solomons --- Division of Dietetics, C. Rosant --- Department of Health,

   Objectives: To determine the knowledge and attitude of nursing staff and mothers towards kangaroo mother care (KMC) in the eastern sub-district of Cape Town.

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   Imaginings of Khoja, Maasai and Swahili Aesthetics in Artist Ethnographer Sultan Somjee's narratives

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Mala Pandurang --- Department of English, India

   This paper investigates the hitherto unexplored interaction between Asian settlers and the indigenous women with whom they came into direct contact in East Africa from the early 20th century onwards. The impact of their interaction was on the production of...

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   Species boundaries and biogeography of East African torrent frogs of the genus Petropedetes (Amphibia: Anura: Petropeditidae)

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: SimonP. Loader --- University of Basel, Switzerland F. Sara Ceccarelli --- University of Basel, Switzerland Mark Wilkinson --- The Natural History Museum, UK Michele Menegon --- Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Italy Jean Mariaux --- Mus&eacute;um d&#039;Histoire Naturelle, Switzerland RafaelO. de S&aacute; --- University of Richmond, USA KimM. Howell --- University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania DavidJ. Gower --- The Natural History Museum, UK

   Based on morphology there are currently three described East African species of torrent frogs belonging to the tropical African genus Petropedetes (P. dutoiti, P. martiennseni and P. yakusini). Taxonomic uncertainties are evident within this group: a putative new species reported...

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