Child, reproductive, mental health; infections and NCDs in the African environment.

James K Tumwine
Cite as: Tumwine JK. Child, reproductive, mental health; infections and NCDs in the African environment.

Afri Health Sci 2016;16(4): i-iii.

Welcome to this December issue of AHS.In this issue we focus on several themes: child, reproductive and mental health; infections and non communicable diseases.Child health: The first 10 articles focus solely on child health.Researchers from Ugandareport on the context surrounding out-of-hospital deaths and the barriers to accessing timely care for Ugandan children recently discharged from the hospital. Compelling reading! Still in Uganda,2we have reports of a multi-model community nutrition intervention program; while from neighboring Kenya researchers report on the effect of Mother Support Groups on nutritional status of village children.It seems there is a resurgence of interest in adolescent health. In line with this, we bring you an interesting systematic review of factors affecting energy intake of adolescent girls highlighting the paucity of information in this area.