April 2017

The Igaraçu fluvial mobile clinic: Lessons learned while implementing an innovative primary care approach in Rural Amazonia, Brazil

In Amazonia, which includes regions in eight South American countries (and an enormous area in Northern Brazil) many of the inhabitants live in small communities scattered across a vast territory? Since too often they cannot be accessed by road, health services must be brought to them on specially constructed river barges, which are floating comprehensive primary care clinics. To effectively deliver health services to...

Author(s): Michele Rocha Kadri, Debra Rose Wilson, Julio Cesar Schweickardt, James G. Linn, Lisandra N. Guimarães Farias, Adriana Moreira and Rodrigo Tobias Lima

April 2017

Breastfeeding skills in Arba Minch Zuria: The positioning and attachment initiatives

Proper child positioning and attachment initiates the production of optimal amounts of breast milk and contribute to the comfort of a child during suckling. Poor breastfeeding practices like early cessation and poor breastfeeding skills, introduction of unclean artificial feeding have been widely documented in the world. This cross-sectional community based study was carried out between October 7 and 25, 2013 in Arba...

Author(s): Dessalegn Tamiru and Hunduma Jisha