[NOTES FROM A SIX MONTHS VOLUNTEER MISSION AS MEDICAL STAFF IN A DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN UGANDA].

In December 2014 my husband and I flew for a stay of six months in Uganda. We went there in order to volunteer in the district hospital of Kiboga, one of the most impoverished districts of this poverty stricken country. A district in which over 60% of the population lives off less than a dollar and twenty five cents a day, in which the average life expectancy is 46.

Growth parameters of discordant preterm twins during the first year of life.

Objective: To evaluate and compare growth parameters (weight, length and head circumference) of discordant preterm twins during the first year of life.

Methods: Retrospective data were collected on 78 pairs of >10% discordant preterm twins. Data regarding short-term neonatal outcome were recorded.