Neurodevelopmental milestones and associated behaviours are similar among healthy children across diverse geographical locations

by INTERGROWTH-21st

The latest findings from the international INTERGROWTH-21st Project, that has monitored healthy, urban children from educated families across four continents from early pregnancy to 2 years of age, show that human neurodevelopment is not influenced by the colour of an individual’s skin.

12th February 2019 • comment

Risk of microcephaly after Zika virus infection in Brazil, 2015 to 2016

by ZIKAlliance

The key message from this study is that the large uncertainty around the risk estimate needs to be further investigated because of a) the possible existence of co-factors that are yet to be validated, b) the assumptions that the authors needed to make in the absence of good data for the proportion of women who were infected during pregnancy.

10th March 2017 • comment