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Women’s satisfaction with intrapartum care in St Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College Addis Ababa Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Satisfaction during intrapartum care is the most influential attribute on maternal health service return behaviors and utilization. Measuring satisfaction …
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Carriage and serotype distribution of Streptococcus agalactiae in third trimester pregnancy in southern Ghana
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococci, GBS) among healthy, …
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Incident HIV during pregnancy and early postpartum period: a population-based cohort study in a rural area in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
BACKGROUND: The evidence on the effect of pregnancy on acquiring HIV is conflicting, with studies reporting both higher and lower …
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Prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus based on various screening strategies in western Kenya: a prospective comparison of point of care diagnostic methods
BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is crucial to prevent short term delivery risks and long term effects …
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Longer travel time to district hospital worsens neonatal outcomes: a retrospective cross-sectional study of the effect of delays in receiving emergency cesarean section in Rwanda
BACKGROUND: In low-resource settings, access to emergency cesarean section is associated with various delays leading to poor neonatal outcomes. In …
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Home delivery among antenatal care booked women in their last pregnancy and associated factors: community-based cross sectional study in Debremarkos town, North West Ethiopia, January 2016
BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia, nearly half of the mothers who were booked for antenatal care, who supposed to have institutional delivery, …
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A cross sectional study of maternal near miss and mortality at a rural tertiary centre in southern nigeria
BACKGROUND: The study evaluated the pattern of severe maternal outcome, near miss indicators and associated patient and healthcare factors at …
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Advanced abdominal pregnancy, with live fetus and severe preeclampsia, case report
BACKGROUND: Abdominal pregnancy may account for up to 1.4% of all ectopic pregnancies. The incidence of abdominal pregnancy differs in …
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Factors associated with perinatal mortality among public health deliveries in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, an unmatched case control study
BACKGROUND: perinatal mortality is the sum of still birth (fetal death) and early neonatal death (ENND) i.e. death of live …
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Improving health literacy through group antenatal care: a prospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: To examine whether exposure to group antenatal care increased women's health literacy by improving their ability to interpret and …
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Factors associated with maternal mortality in Malawi: application of the three delays model
BACKGROUND: The three delays model proposes that maternal mortality is associated with delays in: 1) deciding to seek care; 2) …
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Erratum to: Maternal near miss and mortality due to postpartum infection: a cross-sectional analysis from Rwanda
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Evaluation of a low-cost, low-power syringe pump to deliver magnesium sulfate intravenously to pre-eclamptic women in a Malawian referral hospital
Magnesium sulfate is an affordable and effective treatment for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. In settings where infusion pumps are not available …
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Non-malarial infectious diseases of antenatal care in pregnant women in Franceville, Gabon
BACKGROUND: In sub-tropical countries, infectious diseases remain one of the main causes of mortality. Because of their lack of active …
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An exploratory study of men’s companionship, perceptions and experiences during pregnancy and delivery in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Globally, low involvement of men in maternal health care services remains a problem to health care providers and policy …
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Is time of birth a predictor of adverse perinatal outcome? A hospital-based cross-sectional study in a low-resource setting, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Inconsistent evidence of a higher risk of adverse perinatal outcomes during off-hours compared to office hours necessitated a search …
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A questionnaire for assessing breastfeeding intentions and practices in Nigeria: validity, reliability and translation
BACKGROUND: Validating a questionnaire/instrument (whether developed or adapted) before proceeding to the field for data collection is important. This article …
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Functionality and acceptability of a wireless fetal heart rate monitoring device in term pregnant women in rural Southwestern Uganda
BACKGROUND: Over 3 million stillbirths occur annually in sub Saharan Africa; most occur intrapartum and are largely preventable. The standard …
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Antenatal depressive symptoms and utilisation of delivery and postnatal care: a prospective study in rural Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Uptake of delivery and postnatal care remains low in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), where 99% of global maternal …
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Prescription drug use during pregnancy in Southern Tigray region, North Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Judicious utilization of drugs rescues the fetus from the harmful effects while treating the health problems of the pregnant …