Child malnutrition is a major challenge for Angola. Objective: to identify factors associated with mortality due to child malnutrition in the Provincial Hospital of Benguela. Materials and methods: Case-control, observational and analytical study. The case group, made up of 51 children who died of malnutrition between May 2019 and May 2020, and the control group, made up of 102 living malnourished children. The matching was carried out according to the following criteria: diagnosis of malnutrition, age group, sex and origin. Medical records were the source of information. The X2 test made it possible to determine the association between the study variable and the rest, while the OR classified them as risky or protective, with 95% confidence. Results: The mean age of the case group was 16.6 months, 51% were infants with a predominance of females (53.9%). The risk of death due to malnutrit...

Objetivo: Exponer una metodología para implementar una estrategia de perfeccionamiento en la gestión nacional de producción de software educativo en la Educación Médica en Cuba. Materiales y métodos: estudio aplicativo y analítico implementado en la educación médica en Cuba del 2010-2016. Universo de estudio: 180 desarrolladores de software educativo de la educación médica subdividido en tres estratos. Primer estrato con una muestra de 63 desarrolladores; segundo estrato, 17 desarrolladores además de líderes del proceso y el tercer estrato, seis desarrolladores además de participantes en los dos períodos de gestión nacional. Se aplicaron métodos teóricos que posibilitaron fundamentar y solucionar el problema investigado y métodos empíricos para la obtención de la información. Se aplicaron cuestionarios, se realizaron entrevistas y desarrollaron técnicas participati...

Malnutrition has serious consequences for children by affecting their growth and development. Objective: To identify the factors associated with malnutrition in children under five years of age. Materials and methods: observational, analytical, cross-sectional and retrospective study. Theoretical, empirical and mathematical statistical methods were applied. Study population: children under 5 years of age treated at the pediatric hospital in Menongue, Angola, between January and March 2023 (n=211). Exclusion criteria: terminally ill children, incomplete medical records, and responsible persons who did not agree to participate in the study. Statistical treatment: the group composition variable was the child's weight, with two categories: malnourished (N=138) and normal weight (N=73). Chi-square, Mann-Whitney U and Odd Ratio (OR) tests were applied with 95% significance. Results: The larges...