New methods and technologies within the field of lung biology are beginning to shed new
light into the microbial world of the respiratory tract. Long considered to be a sterile …

Background There is extensive evidence of important health risks for infants and mothers
related to not breastfeeding. In 2003, the World Health Organization recommended that …

The writing of each chapter of the guidelines was led by one main author and one or two co-
authors (see below) and extensively supported by Elinor Chisholm and Ramona Ludolph …

The importance of breastfeeding in low-income and middle-income countries is well
recognised, but less consensus exists about its importance in high-income countries. In low …

La lactancia materna (LM) es el alimento diseñado por la naturaleza para el recién nacido y
el lactante, sin embargo su prevalencia actual no es la óptima. El objetivo de este artículo es …

Abstract The Baby‐friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is a key component of the World Health
Organization/United Nations Children's Fund Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child …

This book builds on and is a sequel to our book Targeted Learning: Causal Inference for
Observational and Experimental Studies (2011). Since the publication of this first book on …

Breastfeeding and human milk are the normative standards for infant feeding and nutrition.
Given the documented short-and long-term medical and neurodevelopmental advantages of …

Background Despite the widely documented risks of not breastfeeding, initiation rates
remain relatively low in many high‐income countries, particularly among women in lower …

Sepsis is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in neonatal populations. There has
been constant search of an ideal sepsis biomarker that have high sensitivity, specificity …