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EDITORIAL

Ritual circumcision and orogenital suction
Joav Merrick and Ariel Tenenbaum

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Multi-level determinants of regional variations in infant mortality in India: A state level analysis
Shamindra Nath Roy

Assessment of energy and nutrient intakes among Saharawi children hosted in Spain
Gloria Domènech, Sabina Escortell, Rosa Gilabert, Manuel Lucena, Ma C Martínez, Jordi Mañes, and Jose M Soriano

Family size transition and its implication over child care in Andhra Pradesh, India
Ritwika Mukherjee

Schoolchildren’s familiarization with the meaning of loss and death: The role of theatrical games
Angeliki Nikolakopoulou, Fotini Garagouni–Areou, Christina Roussi-Vergou, and Maria Zafiropoulou

Teaching young mothers to identify developmental milestones
Katelyn M Guastaferro, John R Lutzker, Julie J Jabaley, Jenelle R Shanley, and Daniel B Crimmins

Reproductive wastage in carrier couples of hemoglobinopathies: Experiences from a retrospective study in Madhya Pradesh, India
Ranbir S Balgir

CASE REPORTS

Don’t tag me as mentally retarded, as I am normal: A case study to understand the emotional development, dreams and insecurities of mentally challenged people
Munir Moosa Sadruddin and Zaira Wahab

Using VML (verbal motor learning) method techniques in treatment of prosody disorder due to childhood apraxia of speech: A case study
Elad Vashdi