Dietary intake and food pattern of Saharawi refugee children in Tindouf (Algeria)

Reduction of earwax with hypoacusia in Saharawi children

Summary We report case reports of earwax with hypoacusia (1.8%) in 270 Saharawi children, aged from 6 to 13 years, for a two-month period during the summer according to the “Holidays in Peace” program developed in collaboration with a local non-governmental organization (NGO). Our values are lower than those of other authors due to an initiative of systematic checks carried out by trained general doctors and nursing on children's hearing in Saharawi refugee camps in the last years.

Disorders of malnutrition among the Saharawi children

It is first article that reviews the literature on the problem of disorders of malnutrition among Saharawi children. Most of the studies reveal problems mainly of celiac disease, goiter, geophagia, undernutrition, wasting, stunting, overweight, scurvy, rickets and iron-deficiency anaemia.

Prevalencia de soplo cardíaco e hipertensión en saharauis acogidos en España