by PediaBlog | Feb 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
For decades, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda have dedicated time, money, and perseverance towards improving global health and education, and advocating for energy innovation and other solutions to the climate crisis. The couple —...
by PediaBlog | Jan 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
As part of a new 5-year strategic global health plan, the World Health Organization recently issued its list of top 10 health threats to children and adults around the world. More could surely be added to the list — the impact of migrants and refugees...
by PediaBlog | Nov 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
In 2012, the AAP revised its policy statement on “Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk”: The American Academy of Pediatrics reaffirms its recommendation of exclusive breastfeeding for about 6 months, followed by continued breastfeeding as...
by PediaBlog | Nov 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
*This post originally appeared on The PediaBlog on November 16, 2017. World Antibiotic Awareness Week This week is World Antibiotic Awareness Week. The focus of this year’s campaign, just like in years past, is to recognize the global public...
by PediaBlog | Oct 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Do you have a baby or a young child? (Or do you know one?) Good. Stop what you are doing right now and look at them. In 20 or 30 years, maybe when they are the same age as you are now, they will be living in a world vastly different from the one we inhabit now....