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"I was tricked": understanding reasons for unintended pregnancy among sexually active adolescent girls
BACKGROUND: While the Kenya government is mobilizing high-level strategies to end adolescent pregnancy by 2030, a clear understanding of drivers …
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Socio-economic and demographic factors associated with fertility preferences among women of reproductive age in Ghana: evidence from the 2014 Demographic and Health Survey
BACKGROUND: Understanding women's desire to have more children is critical for planning towards future reproductive health behaviour. We examined the …
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Towards achieving the family planning targets in the African region: a rapid review of task sharing policies
BACKGROUND: Expanding access and use of effective contraception is important in achieving universal access to reproductive healthcare services, especially in …
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Beliefs and misconceptions about contraception and condom use among adolescents in south-east Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Misconceptions about the usefulness of condoms and other contraceptives still expose many unmarried adolescents to the risk of unwanted …
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“It is painful and unpleasant”: experiences of sexual violence among married adolescent girls in Shinyanga, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: While the situation of married adolescent girls in Tanzania is increasingly documented, empirical evidence concerning the ways in which …
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Provision of immediate postpartum contraception to women living with HIV in the Eastern Cape, South Africa; a cross-sectional analysis
BACKGROUND: Universal access to contraception is an important strategy adopted by the South African government to reduce the high rate …
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Decreasing incidence of pregnancy among HIV-positive adolescents in a large HIV treatment program in western Kenya between 2005 and 2017: a retrospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence, incidence and risk factors for pregnancy among HIV-positive adolescents …
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Institutional deliveries and stillbirth and neonatal mortality in the Global Network's Maternal and Newborn Health Registry
BACKGROUND: Few studies have shown how the move toward institutional delivery in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) impacts stillbirth and …
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Development of the Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research’s socioeconomic status index for use in the network’s sites in low and lower middle-income countries
BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic status (SES) is an important determinant of health globally and an important explanatory variable to assess causality in …
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Association of parity with birthweight and neonatal death in five sites: The Global Network’s Maternal Newborn Health Registry study
BACKGROUND: Nulliparity has been associated with lower birth weight (BW) and other adverse pregnancy outcomes, with most of the data …
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Regional trends in birth weight in low- and middle-income countries 2013–2018
BACKGROUND: Birth weight (BW) is a strong predictor of neonatal outcomes. The purpose of this study was to compare BWs …
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Why are the Pakistani maternal, fetal and newborn outcomes so poor compared to other low and middle-income countries?
BACKGROUND: Pakistan has among the poorest pregnancy outcomes worldwide, significantly worse than many other low-resource countries. The reasons for these …
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Maternal mortality in six low and lower-middle income countries from 2010 to 2018: risk factors and trends
BACKGROUND: Maternal mortality is a public health problem that disproportionately affects low and lower-middle income countries (LMICs). Appropriate data sources …
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Rates and risk factors for preterm birth and low birthweight in the global network sites in six low- and low middle-income countries
BACKGROUND: Preterm birth continues to be a major public health problem contributing to 75% of the neonatal mortality worldwide. Low …
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Outcome of multifaceted interventions for improving the quality of antenatal care in Nigerian referral hospitals
BACKGROUND: The study was designed as quasi-experimental research to investigate the effectiveness of multifaceted interventions for improving the quality of …
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Do educated women in Sierra Leone support discontinuation of female genital mutilation/cutting? Evidence from the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey
INTRODUCTION: Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) comprises all procedures that involve the total or partial elimination of the external genitalia or …
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Preconception care practices in Nigeria: a descriptive qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Preconception care is a specialized care targeted at women of reproductive age before pregnancy to detect, treat or counsel …
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Non-pharmacological labor pain management and associated factor among skilled birth attendants in Amhara Regional State health institutions, Northwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Healthcare providers have a responsibility to provide pain management support to women during labor. Labor pain management in low …
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Neonatal deaths in infants born weighing ≥ 2500 g in low and middle-income countries
BACKGROUND: Babies born weighing ≥ 2500 g account for more than 80% of the births in most resource-limited locations and …
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Prevalence and associated factors of contraceptive discontinuation among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: using 2016 Nationwide Survey Data
BACKGROUND: Contraceptive discontinuation for reasons other than the desire for pregnancy is associated with mistimed and unwanted pregnancies, unwanted births …