Neonatal Medicine
Neonatal Medicine

Impact assessment of Benazir Nashonuma Programme (BNP) on maternal, child health and nutritional status in Pakistan: a quasi-experimental study protocol

BMJ Open. 2025 Jun 27;15(6):e094565. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-094565. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Maternal and child malnutrition is a significant public health concern in Pakistan, with 40% of children …

Effectiveness of Kushal Maa, a group-based mhealth interactive education and social support intervention for maternal and neonatal health outcomes: study protocol for a multisite randomised controlled trial in India

BMJ Open. 2025 Jun 27;15(6):e104213. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-104213. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Perinatal care continuity across the full continuum is essential for optimising maternal and infant health; however, …

Feasibility of integrating nurse-administered infant hearing screening into an immunisation programme at a primary healthcare clinic in South Africa: A Hybrid Type 2 trial

Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2025 Jun 21;195:112446. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2025.112446. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Congenital hearing loss (HL) is identified later than the recommended …

Exposure to daily mean and maximum 1-hour PM2.5 concentrations and pediatric respiratory mortality in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area

Environ Epidemiol. 2025 Jun 25;9(4):e408. doi: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000408. eCollection 2025 Aug. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Few studies have evaluated the association between short-term PM2.5 exposure and children’s respiratory …

A rare interstitial lung disease in young adulthood due to surfactant protein C gene mutation: Two case reports with brief literature review

Radiol Case Rep. 2025 Jun 12;20(9):4299-4303. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2025.05.051. eCollection 2025 Sep. ABSTRACT Interstitial lung disease associated with mutations in the surfactant protein C gene (SFTPC) …