Publications by authors named "Lydia Kazhila"
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- Malnutrition is a major cause of child deaths globally, with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) leading to high mortality rates, especially when compounded by infections or medical complications.
- A clinical trial conducted in Zambia and Zimbabwe evaluated four potential treatments for malnutrition-related enteropathy in 125 hospitalized children aged 6-59 months with SAM, comparing bovine colostrum, N-acetyl glucosamine, teduglutide, budesonide, and standard care over 14 days.
- Results indicated that teduglutide significantly reduced mucosal damage biomarkers, suggesting it may be a beneficial treatment for enteropathy in children with complicated malnutrition, with all interventions deemed safe.
Most African populations are regularly exposed to biomass smoke, but knowledge of associated health implications is limited. This study aimed to investigate the association between oesophageal cancer (OC) and exposure to biomass smoke. This case-control study was conducted in Lusaka, Zambia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnvironmental enteropathy is a major contributor to growth faltering in millions of children in Africa and South Asia. We carried out a longitudinal, observational and interventional study in Lusaka, Zambia, of 297 children with stunting (aged 2-17 months at recruitment) and 46 control children who had good growth (aged 1-5 months at recruitment). Control children contributed data only at baseline.
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