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Volume 8 (2008) - November 2008

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Correspondence   Open Access

Implementation of a comprehensive program including psycho-social and treatment literacy activities to improve adherence to HIV care and treatment for a pediatric population in Kenya

Joelle Van Winghem, Barbara Telfer, Tony Reid, Judith Ouko, Angela Mutunga, Zaina Jama, Shobha Vakil BMC Pediatrics 2008, 8:52 (21 November 2008)

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Cerebral oxygenation responses during kangaroo care in low birth weight infants

Esmot Begum, Motoki Bonno, Noriko Ohtani, Shigeko Yamashita, Shigeki Tanaka, Hatsumi Yamamoto, Masatoshi Kawai, Yoshihiro Komada BMC Pediatrics 2008, 8:51 (7 November 2008)

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Skin-to-skin contact (kangaroo care) in preterm infants appears to influence cerebral hemodynamics as well as cardiorespiratory parameters, suggesting that close physical contact with the parent may contribute to the activation of the child's central nervous system and brain function.