Contraceptive use, unmet need and its determinants among tribal married reproductive women: A community based observational study in a district of West Bengal

Context: Reported literatures revealed the problems of access and misconceptions, low contraceptive usage and high unmet need for family planning among the tribes.Aims: Our aim was to find out the prevalence of contraceptive usage, unmet need and their determinants among tribal married reproductive women.Settings and Design: A community-based, obse

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Angelman syndrome and isovaleric acidemia: What is the link?

We report a toddler affected with Angelman syndrome and isovaleric acidemia (IVA).Such association read more was due to paternal uniparental isodisomy (UPD) of chromosome 15 in which the proband inherited two paternal copies of an IVA gene point mutation.As both diseases may have severe impact on neurodevelopment, adequate treatment of IVA should b

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An Exploration into Akan Traditional Patterns of Learning and its Significance for Contemporary Akan Christian Formation

The study is an exploration into the Akan traditional patterns of learning and how it provides educational resources to contemporary Akan Christian formation.It engages some renowned Akan Christian scholars in reflections on the pre-missionary Akan traditional learning patterns before their encounter with the Western missionaries in observation and

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