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Predictors of contraceptive use among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) aged 15 to 24 years in South Africa: results from the 2012 national population-based household survey
BACKGROUND: Despite a variety of contraceptives being available for women in South Africa, a considerable number of adolescent girls and …
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Vaginal douching in Zambia: a risk or benefit to women in the fight against cervical cancer: a retrospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer was the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer related deaths in 2013 among …
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Perceived seriousness mediates the influence of cervical cancer knowledge on screening practices among female university students in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer knowledge and awareness, as well as an individual's perceptions about cervical cancer have been shown to significantly …
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Intimate partner violence among HIV positive women in care - results from a national survey, Uganda 2016
BACKGROUND: Women remain disproportionally affected by the HIV/ AIDS epidemic because of sociocultural factors including violence perpetrated by intimate partners. …
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“We are responsible for the violence, and prevention is up to us”: a qualitative study of perceived risk factors for gender-based violence among Ethiopian university students
BACKGROUND: There is a high prevalence of gender-based violence (GBV) victimization among young Ethiopian women, including in universities, where female …
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Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of health providers towards safe abortion provision in Addis Ababa health centers
BACKGROUND: Unsafe abortion remains a reality for many Ethiopian women and will remain so until safe abortion is more accessible …
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Modern contraceptive methods knowledge and practice among blind and deaf women in Ethiopia. A cross-sectional survey
BACKGROUND: Evidences from various parts of the world reveal that women with disabilities are facing widespread barriers in accessing public …
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Determinants of early marriage among married women in Injibara town, north West Ethiopia: community-based cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Early marriage is occurred when one or both of the spouses are below the age of 18 years at …
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Experiences with pain of early medical abortion: qualitative results from Nepal, South Africa, and Vietnam
BACKGROUND: Medical abortion (MA) has become an increasingly popular choice for women even where surgical abortion services are available. Pain …
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Secnidazole for treatment of bacterial vaginosis: a systematic review
BACKGROUND: Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is one of the common vaginal infections among childbearing women. The usual treatment for BV is …
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Knowledge and experience of a cohort of HIV-positive and HIV-negative Ghanaian women after undergoing human papillomavirus and cervical cancer screening
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women in Ghana, but knowledge and experience of women who have …
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Cervical cancer screening service utilization and associated factors among age-eligible women in Jimma town using health belief model, South West Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the second most common gynecologic cancer affecting the lives of women. It causes hundreds of thousands …
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Risk factors of induced abortion among preparatory school student in Guraghe zone, Southern region, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Induced abortion is a common undergo in many societies of the world. Every year, around 20 million unsafe abortions …
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Female perspectives on male involvement in a human-papillomavirus-based cervical cancer-screening program in western Kenya
BACKGROUND: To be effective, population-based cervical cancer prevention programs must be tailored to meet the needs of the target population. …
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The loss of dignity: social experience and coping of women with obstetric fistula, in Northwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Obstetric fistula is a debilitating condition resulted from poorly (un) managed prolonged obstructed labor. It has significant psychosocial and …
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Reasons for delay in seeking treatment among women with obstetric fistula in Tanzania: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Obstetric fistula is among the serious and distressing maternal morbidities in Tanzania. Obstetric fistula is a childbirth-related injury caused …
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Myometrial progesterone hyper-responsiveness associated with increased risk of human uterine fibroids
BACKGROUND: Uterine Fibroids (UFs) growth is ovarian steroid-dependent. Previous studies have shown that estrogen and progesterone play an important role …
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Cervical cancer knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices of women aged at least 25 years in Harare, Zimbabwe
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the most common cancer and a major cause of morbidity and mortality among women in Zimbabwe …
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Anemia and its determinant of in-school adolescent girls from rural Ethiopia: a school based cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: The rapid growth and changes that occur in adolescents increase the demand for macro and micronutrients and addressing their …
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Short birth interval and associated factors among women of child bearing age in northern Ethiopia, 2016
BACKGROUND: Short birth interval is known to have a negative effect on perinatal, neonatal and child health outcomes. In Ethiopia, …