The Bacille-Calmette–Guerin (BCG) vaccination remains the primary strategy to prevent severe disseminated TB in young children, particularly in high TB-burden countries such as Ethiopia. Accurate knowledge of vaccination coverage in small geographical areas is critically important to developing targeted immunization campaigns. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the spatiotemporal distributions and ecological level determinants of BCG vaccination coverage in Ethiopia. ...

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The genetic causes of intellectual disability (ID) are heterogeneous and include both chromosomal and monogenic etiologies. ...

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The review examines the international literature to determine how disengagement can be defined & understood, & then examines student disengagement in Australia. ...

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This paper is an editorial comment by Professor Patrick Holt on the potential for developing early intervention strategies in children with allergies and asthma ...

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Hypertensive diseases of pregnancy including gestational hypertension and preeclampsia continue to pose a major obstetric risk,... ...

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The concept of risk is especially salient to obstetric care. Unknown factors can still be responsible for peri-natal morbidity ...

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Many birth defects surveillance programs ascertain cases of birth defects diagnosed beyond 1 year of age. ...

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Characterised by varying degrees of difficulties in communication skills and social abilities, one in every 100 individuals will have a diagnosis of an autism spectrum condition. While autism is known to run in families, the exact causes remain unknown. ...

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According to the Young Minds Matter study, mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression are experienced by approximately one in seven or 560,000 young people in Australia. These disorders can often have a significant impact on children’s learning and development and on family life. ...

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Anya Deborah Pat Jones Strickland Holt AJ DH PG BSc MSc PhD PhD PhD, DSc, FRCPath, FRCPI, FAA Honorary Research Associate Program Head, Immunobiology and Immunotherapeutic Program Emeritus Honorary Researcher anya.jones@telethonkids.org.au ...

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Felicity Bonnie Ben Austin Furzer Jackson FA BF BJ BScExRehab, MClinExPhys BA/BSc (Hons) PhD BSc (Hons) PhD PhD Candidate Honorary Research Associate Research Theme Head, Brain and Behaviour 0400 198 166 Felicity.Austin@telethonkids.org.au ...

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Rishi Sury Laurence Sébastien Kotecha Cheung Malinge RS LC SM MB ChB (Hons) MRCPCH FRACP PhD BPharm (Hons) MBA PhD PhD Co-Head, Leukaemia Translational Research Co-Head, Leukaemia Translational Research Laboratory Head, Translational Genomics in ...

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