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Option B+ for prevention of vertical HIV transmission has no influence on adverse birth outcomes in a cross-sectional cohort in Western Uganda
BACKGROUND: While most Sub-Saharan African countries are now implementing the WHO-recommended Option B+ protocol for prevention of vertical HIV transmission, …
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Assessing emergency obstetric and newborn care: can performance indicators capture health system weaknesses?
BACKGROUND: Regular monitoring and assessment of performance indicators for emergency obstetric and newborn care can help to identify priorities to …
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Case review of perinatal deaths at hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda: perinatal audit with application of a three-delays analysis
BACKGROUND: Perinatal audit and the three-delays model are increasingly being employed to analyse barriers to perinatal health, at both community …
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A structural equation analysis on the relationship between maternal health services utilization and newborn health outcomes: a cross-sectional study in Eastern Uganda
BACKGROUND: Neonatal and maternal health services have a bearing on neonatal mortality. Direct and indirect factors affecting neonatal health outcomes …
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Healthcare workers’ behaviors and personal determinants associated with providing adequate sexual and reproductive healthcare services in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
BACKGROUND: Healthcare workers may affect the utilization of sexual and reproductive healthcare (SRH) services, and quality of care thereof, for …
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Facilitators and barriers to uptake and adherence to lifelong antiretroviral therapy among HIV infected pregnant women in Uganda: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: In 2012, Uganda started implementing lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) for prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) in line …
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Manifestations and drivers of mistreatment of women during childbirth in Kenya: implications for measurement and developing interventions
BACKGROUND: Disrespect and abuse or mistreatment of women by health care providers in maternity settings has been identified as a …
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Unpredictability dictates quality of maternal and newborn care provision in rural Tanzania-A qualitative study of health workers’ perspectives
BACKGROUND: Health workers are the key to realising the potential of improved quality of care for mothers and newborns in …
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Knowledge of obstetric danger signs and associated factors among reproductive age women in Raya Kobo district of Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Knowledge of danger signs of obstetric complications during pregnancy, labour, and postnatal period is the first essential step for …
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Labour pain experiences and perceptions: a qualitative study among post-partum women in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Women have experienced severe labour pain over the years and various attempts have been made to effectively manage labour …
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Self-reported diabetes during pregnancy in the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: extent and social determinants
BACKGROUND: Diabetes is a serious and growing public health concern in South Africa, but its prevalence and distribution in pregnant …
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Providing lipid-based nutrient supplement during pregnancy does not reduce the risk of maternal P falciparum parasitaemia and reproductive tract infections: a randomised controlled trial
BACKGROUND: Maternal infections are associated with maternal and foetal adverse outcomes. Nutrient supplementation during pregnancy may reduce the occurrence of …
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Differences in spatial distributions of iron supplementation use among pregnant women and associated factors in Ethiopia: evidence from the 2011 national population based survey
BACKGROUND: Iron supplementation during pregnancy prevents against low birth weight, incidence of prematurity and postpartum hemorrhage. However, the coverage of …
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Why women bleed and how they are saved: a cross-sectional study of caesarean section near-miss morbidity
BACKGROUND: Maternal deaths from 'bleeding during and after caesarean section' (BDACS) have increased in South Africa, and have now become …
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Geographic information system for improving maternal and newborn health: recommendations for policy and programs
This correspondence argues and offers recommendations for how Geographic Information System (GIS) applied to maternal and newborn health data could …
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Assessment of quality of care among in-patients with postpartum haemorrhage and severe pre-eclampsia at st. Francis hospital nsambya: a criteria-based audit
BACKGROUND: The maternal mortality ratio of Uganda is still high and the leading causes of maternal mortality are postpartum haemorrhage …
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Emergency obstetric and neonatal care availability, use, and quality: a cross-sectional study in the city of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2011
BACKGROUND: While emergency obstetric and neonatal care (EmONC) is a proxy indicator for monitoring maternal and perinatal mortalities, in Democratic …
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Rapid reduction of maternal mortality in Uganda and Zambia through the saving mothers, giving life initiative: results of year 1 evaluation
BACKGROUND: Achieving maternal mortality reduction as a development goal remains a major challenge in most low-resource countries. Saving Mothers, Giving …
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