Robert E. Black, Olivier Fontaine, Laura Lamberti, Maharaj Kishan Bhan et al.
BACKGROUND: Childhood diarrhea deaths have declined more than 80% from 1980 to 2015, in spite of an increase in the number of children in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Possible drivers of this remarkable accomplishment can guide the further reduction of the half million annual child death...
Abdullah H Baqui, Christa L. Fischer Walker, K. Zaman, Shams El Arifeen et al.
Because infants and young children in many developing countries are deficient in both iron and zinc, and zinc can affect iron metabolism, evaluation of optimum strategies to simultaneously supplement iron and zinc is an important public health priority. This study evaluated the efficacy of weekly su...
Abdullah H Baqui, Robert E. Black, Christa L. Fischer Walker, Shams El Arifeen et al.
Objective Zinc deficiency is very common in developing countries and is more pronounced during an episode of diarrhea. Supplementation with zinc improves diarrhea and might correct zinc deficiency in both the short and longer term. Method We conducted a nested study within a cluster randomized treat...
Christa L. Fischer Walker, Abdullah H Baqui, Saifuddin Ahmed, K. Zaman et al.
Objectives To determine the effect of low-dose weekly supplementation with iron, zinc or both on growth of infants from 6 to 12 months of age. Subjects/methods A total of 645 breastfed infants age 6 months who were not severely anemic (Hb> or = 90 g l(-1)) or severely malnourished (weight-for-age > ...
Robert E. Black, Christa Fischer Walker
Zinc deficiency has been estimated to result in more than 450,000 child deaths annually by increasing the risk of diarrhea and pneumonia mortality. Trials of daily supplemental zinc have shown preventive benefits in childhood diarrhea with a 20% reduction in incidence. Use of zinc in treatment of di...
Aliya Naheed, Christa L Walker Fischer, Dinesh Mondal, Saifuddin Ahmed et al.
OBJECTIVES: We assessed the effect of zinc for the treatment of diarrhoea implemented at the community level on physical growth among children 6 to 35 months of age. METHODS: The service areas of 30 community health workers in the Matlab field site of International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Rese...
Christa L. Fischer Walker, Robert E. Black, Abdullah H Baqui
The benefit of zinc for the treatment of diarrhoea in a cluster-randomized trial of children, aged 3-59 months, living in rural Bangladesh was previously reported. Here, the benefits of zinc stratified by age--3-5 months, 6-11 months, and 12-59 months--are reported. Although the sample sizes in the ...
Christa L. Fischer Walker, Abdullah H Baqui, Shabina Roohi Ahmed, K. Zaman et al.
Background: Micronutrient malnutrition is a widespread problem in developing countries. Supplemental zinc has been shown to improve growth in undernourished children, but the effect in infants or when combined with iron is less known. We assessed the effect of low‐dose weekly zinc and/or iron supple...