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Joint world congress of International Society for Posture & Gait Research and Gait & Mental Function in Trondheim, June 24 -28 (19.06.2012)
The Physiotherapy Research Group is represented with 3 posters
Publication of the year 2011: Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer...
Publication award to article on breastfeeding (15.06.2012)
Thorkild Tylleskär and his colleagues received the Faculty’s award for the best publication of the year for their Lancet article on breastfeeding in the south of Africa.
Centres of Excellence; CISMAC in final round (05.06.2012)
The top research groups in Norway are now competing for status as Centres of Excellence (SFF centres). Centre for Intervention Science in International Maternal and Child Health is in the final round.
Zinc treatment for infections in children (05.06.2012)
Serious infections cause a lot of child deaths in developing countries. A study in India focuses on the effect of zinc as a supplement to antibiotic treatment. The findings, which are now published in the Lancet, showed that zinc reduced treatment failure by 40%.