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Knowledge Summary 23: Human Rights & Accountability [PDF]

, 2013
Progress has been made in reducing maternal and child mortality, yet millions continue to die from preventable causes. These deaths represent an accountability challenge and a major concern shared by both the health and human rights communities.
Avan, BI, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Sabot, K   +2 more
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Addressing Inequity to Achieve the Maternal and Child Health Millennium Development Goals: Looking Beyond Averages. [PDF]

, 2012
Inequity in access to and use of child and maternal health interventions is impeding progress towards the maternal and child health Millennium Development Goals.
A Amouzou, AR Hosseinpoor, C Kurowski, CG Victora, CG Victora, D Gwatkin, D McIntyre, DR Gwatkin, E Zere, E Zere, Frida N Ngalesoni, FutureInstitute, George M Ruhago, H Masanja, I Rudan, J Boerma, J Bryce, L Say, M Fox, M Islam, M Munga, MC Hogan, MOHSW, MOHSW, N Daniels, N Kakwani, N Walker, NBS[Tanzania] and ORCMacro, Ole F Norheim, R Lozano, S Thomsen, T Mkandawire, TH Julian, UNICEF, W DeCormier-Plosky, W Winfrey, W.H.O   +36 more
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Temporal effects of maternal psychological distress on child mental health problems at ages 3, 5, 7 and 11: analysis from the UK Millennium Cohort Study [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Psychological distress is common among women of childbearing age, and limited longitudinal research suggests prolonged exposure to maternal distress is linked to child mental health problems.
Chittleborough, Catherine, Deighton, Jessica, Hope, Steven, Law, Catherine, Lynch, John, Maika, Amelia, Micali, Nadia, Mittinty, Murthy, Pearce, Anna   +8 more
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Elevated plasma levels of lysophosphatidic acid and aberrant expression of lysophosphatidic acid receptors in adenomyosis

BMC Women's Health, 2017
Background Given the important roles of the receptor-mediated lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) signaling in both reproductive tract function and gynecological cancers, it will be informative to investigate the potential role of LPA in the development of ...
Bicheng Yang, Liqun Wang, Xiaoju Wan, Yunjun Li, Xiaohong Yu, Yunna Qin, Yong Luo, Feng Wang, Ouping Huang   +8 more
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Xp11.22 duplications in four unrelated Chinese families: delineating the genotype-phenotype relationship for HSD17B10 and FGD1

BMC Medical Genomics, 2020
Background Xp11.22 duplications have been reported to contribute to nonsyndromic intellectual disability (ID). The HUWE1 gene has been identified in all male Xp11.22 duplication patients and is associated with nonsyndromic ID.
Qingming Wang, Pengliang Chen, Jianxin Liu, Jiwu Lou, Yanhui Liu, Haiming Yuan   +5 more
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Women’s suggestions on how to improve the quality of maternal and newborn hospital care: a qualitative study in Italy using the WHO standards as framework for the analysis

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background A recent systematic review identified very few studies on women’s views on how to improve the quality of maternal and newborn care (QMNC). This study aimed at exploring the suggestions provided by women, after hospital delivery in Italy, on ...
Marzia Lazzerini, Chiara Semenzato, Jaspreet Kaur, Benedetta Covi, Giorgia Argentini   +4 more
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Courtesy stigma among primary caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder in eastern China

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
IntroductionThe experience and perception of stigma is a common problem among primary caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and has a profound adverse impact on primary caregivers and children with ASD; however, few studies have ...
Xu Chen, Jiao Tong, Bochen Jiang, Shan Ma, Xin Wang, Xun Sun, Yuan Liu, Dongmei Yan, Leilei Wang   +8 more
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Does mobile phone ownership predict better utilization of maternal and newborn health services? a cross-sectional study in Timor-Leste. [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundIncreasingly popular mobile health (mHealth) programs have been proposed to promote better utilization of maternal, newborn and child health services.
Gu, Jing, Hofstee, Marisa, Mercer, Mary Anne, Nie, Juan, Thompson, Susan, Unger, Jennifer Anna   +5 more
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Global implications of evidence ‘biased’ practice: management of the third stage of labour [PDF]

, 2008
Increasing attention is being paid to the promotion of clinical and cost-effective care informed by the highest level of evidence to ensure health outcomes are optimised and access to health care is equitable.
Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH), Eden, Gunther, Hora Soltani, Hutchon, Hutton, Lalonde, Sackett, Sleep, Van Rheenen, Winter   +10 more
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Detailed pedigree analyses and prenatal diagnosis for a family with mucopolysaccharidosis type II

BMC Medical Genomics, 2021
Background Mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II) is an X-linked multisystem disorder caused by mutations in the gene encoding iduronate 2-sulfatase (IDS).
Chuan Zhang, Shengju Hao, ZhaoYan Meng, Ling Hui, Yan Wang, Feng Xuan, Xue Chen, Xing Wang, Furong Zheng, Lei Zheng, Bingbo Zhou, Xinqi Wu, Qinghua Zhang, Zongfu Cao   +13 more
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