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Using a composite adherence tool to assess ART response and risk factors of poor adherence in pregnant and breastfeeding HIV-positive Cameroonian women at 6 and 12 months after initiating option B+
BACKGROUND: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence in preventing HIV mother-to-child transmission in association with virological suppression and risk factors of low …
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Prevalence of meconium stained amniotic fluid and its associated factors among women who gave birth at term in Felege Hiwot comprehensive specialized referral hospital, North West Ethiopia: a facility based cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Meconium stained amniotic fluid is one of the risk factors to increase the rate of perinatal morbidity and mortality …
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Women suffer more from disrespectful and abusive care than from the labour pain itself: a qualitative study from Women’s perspective
BACKGROUND: Utilization of institutional delivery services could be hampered by women's experience of disrespectful and abusive care during childbirth. However, …
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Socioeconomic and demographic factors associated with caesarean section delivery in Southern Ghana: evidence from INDEPTH Network member site
BACKGROUND: In recent years, caesarean section rates continue to evoke worldwide concern because of their steady increase, lack of consensus …
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Missed opportunities in antenatal care for improving the health of pregnant women and newborns in Geita district, Northwest Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Despite the significant benefits of early detection and management of pregnancy related complications during antenatal care (ANC) visits, not …
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The potential of community engagement to improve mother and child health in Ethiopia — what works and how should it be measured?
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Effects of family conversation on health care practices in Ethiopia: a propensity score matched analysis
BACKGROUND: Maternal and newborn mortality rates in Ethiopia are among the highest in sub-Saharan Africa. The majority of deaths take …
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Effects of a participatory community quality improvement strategy on improving household and provider health care behaviors and practices: a propensity score analysis
BACKGROUND: Maternal and newborn health care intervention coverage has increased in many low-income countries over the last decade, yet poor …
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The role of nutrition, intimate partner violence and social support in prenatal depressive symptoms in rural Ethiopia: community based birth cohort study
BACKGROUND: Depression during pregnancy has far-reaching adverse consequences on mothers, children and the whole family. The magnitude and determinants of …
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Correlates of the Women’s Development Army strategy implementation strength with household reproductive, maternal, newborn and child healthcare practices: a cross-sectional study in four regions of Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: To address the shortfall in human resources for health, Ethiopia launched the Health Extension Program (HEP) in 2004, establishing …
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Risk factors of premature rupture of membranes in public hospitals at Mekele city, Tigray, a case control study
BACKGROUND: The incidence of premature rupture of membranes ranges from about 5% to 10% of all deliveries. A woman with …
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Course of depression symptoms between 3 and 8 months after delivery using two screening tools (EPDS and HSCL-10) on a sample of Sudanese women in Khartoum state
BACKGROUND: Effects of depression on parenting and on cognitive development of newborns are augmented when symptoms continue throughout the first …
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Learning from the experience of maternity healthcare workers in Malawi: a qualitative study leading to ten low-cost recommendations to improve working lives and quality of care
BACKGROUND: In Malawi there are too few maternity healthcare workers to enable delivery of high quality care to women. These …
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Knowledge of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy of Moroccan women in Morocco and in the Netherlands: a qualitative interview study
BACKGROUND: Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy (HDP) are the most common medical disorders in pregnancy and the greatest single cause of …
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“We give water or porridge, but we don’t really know what the child wants:” a qualitative study on women’s perceptions and practises regarding exclusive breastfeeding in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) as the optimal way to feed infants below 6 months of …
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An account for barriers and strategies in fulfilling women’s right to quality maternal health care: a qualitative study from rural Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Tanzania has ratified and abides to legal treaties indicating the obligation of the state to provide essential maternal health …
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Maternal near-miss and the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes: a prospective cohort study in selected public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Presence of maternal near-miss conditions in women is strongly associated with the occurrence of adverse perinatal outcomes, but not …
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Husbands’ involvement in antenatal care and its association with women’s utilization of skilled birth attendants in Sidama zone, Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: There is limited evidence about husbands' roles on women's utilization of skilled maternity care in Ethiopia, a country with …
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Factors associated with spontaneous preterm birth in Addis Ababa public hospitals, Ethiopia: cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Spontaneous preterm birth is commencement of labor with intact or pre labor rapture of membrane and birth before 37 …
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Screening and management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in antenatal and labor and delivery services: findings from cross-sectional observation studies in six sub-Saharan African countries
BACKGROUND: Preeclampsia and eclampsia (PE/E) are major contributors to maternal and neonatal deaths in developing countries, associated with 10-15% of …