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Prevalence of gestational diabetes in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of gestational diabetes and associated risk factors in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic …
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Exploring and modeling recurrent birth events in Ethiopia: EMDHS 2019
Abstract Background Globally, the estimated recurrent childbirth of one forth of women happens every two years or fewer. Next to …
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Determinants of health facility delivery among young mothers in Ghana; insights from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey
BACKGROUND: Globally, young women deliver at home, often under unhygienic conditions and without skilled birth attendants. This study identified the …
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Prevalence and determinants of home delivery among reproductive age women, Margibi County, Liberia
BACKGROUND: The use of institutional delivery services is essential for improving maternal and child health. However, studies in Liberia reveal …
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Improving access to emergency obstetric care in underserved rural Tanzania: a prospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: One of the key strategies to reducing maternal mortality is provision of emergency obstetric care services. This paper describes …
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Trends and determinants of pregnancy loss in eastern Ethiopia from 2008 to 2019: analysis of health and demographic surveillance data
BACKGROUND: Pregnancy losses remain a neglected issue and it will be taking more than a century before a pregnant woman …
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Intimate partner violence and its association with skilled birth attendance among women in Nigeria: evidence from the Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys
BACKGROUND: Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) has been identified as a violation of human rights and a major public health challenge. …
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Maternity protection for female non-standard workers in South Africa: the case of domestic workers
BACKGROUND: Many women work in positions of non-standard employment, with limited legal and social protection. Access to comprehensive maternity protection …
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Cost of childbirth in Upper West Region of Ghana: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Out-of-pocket payment (OOPP) is reported to be a major barrier to seeking maternal health care especially among the poor …
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Prevalence and associated factors of oligohydramnios in pregnancies beyond 36 weeks of gestation at a tertiary hospital in southwestern Uganda
BACKGROUND: Oligohydramnios is associated with poor maternal and perinatal outcomes. In low-resource countries, including Uganda, oligohydramnios is under-detected due to …
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Quality of intrapartum care at Public Health Institutions of North Achefer District, North West Ethiopia: a mixed method study
BACKGROUND: Ending preventable maternal, and neonatal morbidity and mortality cannot be achieved without quality care interventions during the intrapartum and …
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Determinants of low fifth minute Apgar score among newborns delivered by cesarean section at Wolaita Sodo University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern Ethiopia: an unmatched case control study
BACKGROUND: Apgar score is used to evaluate the neonates' overall status and response to resuscitation, as well as its prognosis …
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Determinants of maternal near miss events among women admitted to tertiary hospitals in Mogadishu, Somalia: a facility-based case–control study
BACKGROUND: A maternal near-miss is a situation in which a woman was on the verge of death but survived a …
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Preoperative anxiety and its associated factors among women undergoing elective caesarean delivery: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Anxiety is a behavioral expression of tension and unpleasant emotion that arises from multifactorial dimensions that might increase the …
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Factors influencing exclusive breastfeeding practice among under-six months infants in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first 6 months of life. EBF has sustainable long-term health …
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Distance is “a big problem”: a geographic analysis of reported and modelled proximity to maternal health services in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Geographic barriers to healthcare are associated with adverse maternal health outcomes. Modelling travel times using georeferenced data is becoming …
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Determining antenatal medicine exposures in South African women: a comparison of three methods of ascertainment
BACKGROUND: In the absence of clinical trials, data on the safety of medicine exposures in pregnancy are dependent on observational …
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Predictors of time to recovery from postpartum hemorrhage in Debre Markos comprehensive specialized hospital, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2020/21
BACKGROUND: Postpartum hemorrhage is one of the leading causes of maternal deaths worldwide. Early recovery is a performance indicator and …
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Structural quality of labor and delivery care in government hospitals of Ethiopia: a descriptive analysis
BACKGROUND: Ethiopia has low skilled birth attendance rates coupled with low quality of care within health facilities contributing to one …
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“Your heart keeps bleeding”: lived experiences of parents with a perinatal death in Northern Uganda
BACKGROUND: Worldwide, two million babies are stillborn and 1.8 million babies die before completing seven days of life. Approximately 4% …