The Anna Freud Centre in London has run a parent-infant project for many years.
But these ideas have not often been translated into policy – and this is the gap that Leadsom aims to fill with her new charity Pip [parent-infant project] UK.
This study was carried out as part of the Schistosomiasis in Mothers and Infants project, a cohort study that is ongoing in six lakeshore communities in Uganda to investigate the infection dynamics of S. mansoni and develop better control strategies for younger children.
A longitudinal study, the Schistosomiasis in Mothers and Infants Project, was initiated in April 2009 to investigate infection dynamics of intestinal schistosomiasis and malaria in a closed cohort of young children and their mothers living in six lake shore communities in Uganda.
The Missed Opportunities for Maternal and Infant Health project aims to design, implement, and assess interventions for the first post-partum year in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Malawi, and Mozambique.
Two hundred twelve children enrolled in the Oswego Newborn and Infant Development Project were assessed using the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities at 38 months of age, followed by a reassessment at 54 months of age.
Infants were eligible if they were 6 months +/−2 weeks old and in generally good health and their mothers gave written consent to attend monthly clinic visits for the next year, feed their infants the allocated porridge, have their infant undergo project tests including blood and urine sampling, and have their child tested for HIV at 18 months old.
The Oswego Newborn and Infant Development Project is a prospective longitudinal study conducted in the state of New York, USA.
The concept of the Expanded Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative was developed by UNICEF in collaboration with the MoH of Ukraine and the Mother and Infant Health Project (JSI) www.mihp.com.ua in 2005.
Sokol et al. [ 68] evaluated the effectiveness of ANC provided under the Title V Maternity and Infant Care Project at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital; specific component interventions were not specified.
The joint efforts of the Ministry of Health Care (MoH) of Ukraine, the Mother and Infant Health Project (JSI) and UNICEF to implement the protocol on healthy childcare based on evidence-based medicine are supported by MoH Order No 149, adopted in 2008.
