Background: Early marriage is still a problem in the world, especially in developing countries including Indonesia. The problem of early marriage in Indonesia takes place both in urban and rural areas with diverse population economic status. Objective: This study aimed to analyze the relationship between early marriage and child development. Method: was early marriage, while the dependent variable in this research was the development of the child. The population in this research was all toddlers residing in a region of Situbondo Regency. The total sample was 67 respondents who got married when 18 years old or younger. Data were collected Pearson correlation test with p < 0.05. Results: Early marriage has no association with child growth but it has a relationship with child development. early was found to be 62 times compared to mothers who married at an early age. Conclusion: Early marriage does not cause growth disorders of children, but early marriage has the potential

This study aimed to find the characteristics of tuberculosis (TB) in children among the Madurese ethnicity in Indonesia. A descriptive study with a cross-sectional approach was used. The study used Indonesian TB scoring on 23 Madurese children consisting of 16 children with active TB and 7 healthy control children. Data was analysed with SPSS software and Pearson’s test. The findings showed that children who contacted adults with TB active associated with the incident of active TB (OR=64 (3.83-2623.17)). A positive result of the tuberculin test was experienced in active TB participants (OR=136 (5.58-20266.2)). While weight or nutritional status has a good category (OR=0.31 (0.03-3.07) and children with TB active indicated the symptom of cough more than 3 weeks (OR=7 (0.60-185.21)). Those who had swollen lymph nodes were in an active TB group (OR=128 (5.22-19130.8)), as well as had a chest X-ray suggestive of TB (OR= 0.02 (0-0.26)).

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Background Toxoplasmosis is a worldwide zoonotic disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii. Congenital toxoplasmosis (CT) is the result of vertical transmission during pregnancy that may cause pathologic effects on the newborn such as classical triad of congenital toxoplasmosis. Newborn humans are not immunologically competent and the infant must be protected by passive IgG antibodies that are selectively transported across the placenta during development. We studied the transfer of passive IgG from the mother to developing infant using blood specimen taken from the infant within one month of birth. Objective To determine the seropositivity of IgG to T. gondii in paired sera of infants and mothers. Methods sera of infants of less than one month of age and their mothers.