Asthma is a major noncommunicable disease (NCD), affecting both children and adults, and is the most common chronic disease among children. Inflammation and narrowing of the small airways in the lungs cause asthma symptoms, which can be any combination of cough, wheeze, shortness of breath and chest tightness.
Edwidge Danticat writes this about Haiti, the country where she was born - quote, "I am from a place that constantly evokes nostalgia in the people who have seen, lived and loved it before. This ...
Edwidge Danticat is a Haitian American writer and the author, most recently, of the essay collection “We’re Alone.” In our middle school in Brooklyn in 1981, there were two dismissal times — one for ...
“We’re Alone,” a new collection of essays by the acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Edwidge Danticat, opens with an English translation of lines by the Haitian poet Roland Chassagne. Danticat ...
Yahoo: Book Review: 'We're Alone' by Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat weaves personal and political
Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat explores family, homeland and her literary heroes in “We're Alone,” a new volume of essays that include personal narratives of her early years as child ...
Book Review: 'We're Alone' by Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat weaves personal and political
Los Angeles Times: Turning to essays, Edwidge Danticat makes shrewd use of the form
Child Health and Development The goal of the Child Health and Development Unit is to end preventable child deaths and promote the healthy growth and development of all children in the first decade of their life.
Obesity and overweight fact sheet from WHO providing key facts and information on causes, health consequences, double burden of disease, prevention, WHO response.