Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain
the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in
Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles
and JavaScript.
Paediatrics is a medical discipline focused on individuals from birth to the end of adolescence. The care of paediatric patients is different to that of adults, as many drugs are processed differently in these two groups. Growth and development are also more important in paediatric patients than in adults.
Child malnutrition is high in Mozambique despite multiple policies and programs to improve the situation. In this Comment, the authors discuss the reasons for the lack of progress.
A study shows that social interactions in the nursery have a huge impact on babies’ microbiome development and may facilitate rapid strain recovery after antibiotic treatment.
