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Zinc adjunct therapy reduces case fatality in severe childhood pneumonia: a randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial
(BioMed Central, 2012)
Background: Pneumonia is a leading cause of children’s deaths in developing countries and hinders achievement of the fourth Millennium Development Goal. This goal aims to reduce the under-five mortality rate, by two thirds, ...
Emergence of sickle cell gene through migration and intermarriage: A case study
(Africa Journal of Animal and Biomedical Sciences, 2009)
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inheritable disorder which is very common among persons of equatorial regions
including Africa. The evolution of SCD is linked to malaria endemicity in which sickle cell traits are selected
for ...