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Integration of family planning into HIV services: a systematic review

Annals of Medicine, 2022
Background The unmet need for safe and effective contraception still remains high. In 2017, about 25% of women of childbearing age who wanted to avoid pregnancy in the developing world were not using a modern contraceptive method. The biggest proportion (
Luka Nkhoma, Doreen Chilolo Sitali, Joseph Mumba Zulu   +2 more
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The effects of COVID-19 pandemic on women’s access to maternal health and family planning services in Egypt: an exploratory study in two governorates [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has been noted to decrease access to maternal health and family planning services globally. However, evidence from the Middle East and North Africa region is very scarce and limited.
Nahla Abdel Tawab, Salma A. Tayel, Sally M. Radwan, Mohamed A. Ramy   +3 more
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Family planning in Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs): A scoping review

PLoS ONE, 2021
The use of contraceptives for family planning improves women’s lives and may prevent maternal deaths. However, many women in low and middle-income countries, including the Pacific region, still die from pregnancy-related complications.
Relmah Baritama Harrington, Nichole Harvey, Sarah Larkins, Michelle Redman-MacLaren   +3 more
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The role of maternal age on adverse pregnancy outcomes among primiparous women with singleton birth: a retrospective cohort study in urban areas of China

The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2023
Background Both young and advanced maternal age pregnancies have strong associations with adverse pregnancy outcomes; however, there is limited understanding of how these associations present in an urban environment in China.
Jiangheng Li, Jingli Yan, Wu Jiang
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Pregnancy outcomes in women affected by fetal alpha-thalassemia: a case control study

Scientific Reports, 2021
To evaluate the possible associations between fetal α-thalassemia and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes using a provincial woman-child health service information database in China.
Jiangheng Li, Jingli Yan, Yongquan Huang, Jinlu Wei, Bingyan Xie, Maoling Zhu, Wu Jiang   +6 more
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Postnatal women’s perception on person-centered maternity care in twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad: a descriptive study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Background Person-Centered Maternity Care (PCMC) is known as one of the most important components of maternal care. Every woman has the ultimate right of respectful health care.
Sumbal Hameed, Sheh Mureed, Rizwana Chaudhri, Shahzad Ali Khan, Mohsin Saeed Khan   +4 more
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“…the availability of contraceptives is everywhere.”: coordinated and integrated public family planning service delivery in Rwanda

Reproductive Health, 2022
Plain language summary Family planning use increased from 17 to 53% in Rwanda in between 2005 and 2015. The purpose of this study is to understand the roles of two types of family planning workers in providing family planning services, how those ...
Adriana Scanteianu, Hilary M. Schwandt, Angel Boulware, Julia Corey, Ana Herrera, Ethan Hudler, Claudette Imbabazi, Ilia King, Jessica Linus, Innocent Manzi, Madelyn Merritt, Lyn Mezier, Abigail Miller, Haley Morris, Dieudonne Musemakweli, Uwase Musekura, Divine Mutuyimana, Chimene Ntakarutimana, Nirali Patel, Biganette-Evidente Shemeza, Gi’anna Sterling-Donaldson, Chantal Umutoni, Lyse Uwera, Madeleine Zeiler, Seth Feinberg   +24 more
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Development of Tele Counseling Model in Family Planning Services

Women, Midwives and Midwifery, 2023
Background: The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic was truly extraordinary. Not only affecting the health sector or the economy, this outbreak also has an impact on population problems. The decrease in access to health services was not only for ill patients
Ferina Ferina, Dian Nur Hadianti
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Unmet need for family planning and factors associated among women living with HIV in Oromia regional state, Ethiopia

Reproductive Health, 2021
Plain Language summary The overall demand for family planning was 96% among the women living with HIV, and that 16% of women had an unmet need for family planning.
Dereje Bayissa Demissie, Gizachew Abdissa Bulto, Rose Mmusi-Phetoe   +2 more
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Predictors of client satisfaction with family planning services in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

Front Glob Womens Health
Ayale Ferede Y, Tassew WC, Zeleke AM.
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