Background: The spectrum of eye disease experienced by a population can be termed ‘ocular morbidity’. There is limited information about the prevalence of ocular morbidity among primary school childre

Background: Malnutrition is a public health concern due to its negative impact on human performance, growth, and development, especially in children. The preschool period is the critical stage of acti

Background: Mentoring programs in medical schools provide students support and guidance that contribute to a fulfilling undergraduate medical experience. Mentorship is a kind of relationship in which

Background: In Kenya, more than a quarter of children under the age of five, or two million children, have malnutrition, which commonly presents in the form of stunting, the most frequent form of unde

Background: Children are physiologically vulnerable to heat, yet evidence on school- and classroom-level heat exposure and preparedness in urban India is limited. We estimated heat-related symptom pre

Background: Clinical competence is a core outcome of medical education and requires assessment methods that are fair, valid, and reliable. While the Traditional Clinical Examination (TCE) has long bee

Objective: To assess the prevalence and patterns of menstrual disorders and their impact on school attendance and daily activities among rural adolescent schoolgirls in South Andaman. Design: Communit