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Knowledge Summary 22: Reaching Child Brides [PDF]
Child marriage affects 10 million girls under the age of 18 every year. The negative health and social impact of child marriage include higher rates of maternal and infant mortality, sexually transmitted infection, social separation, and domestic abuse
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
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Knowledge Summary 20: Access to Family Planning [PDF]
Ensuring universal access to reproductive health and rights, including family planning, is key to achieving global goals to improve women’s and children’s health.
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
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Addressing Inequity to Achieve the Maternal and Child Health Millennium Development Goals: Looking Beyond Averages. [PDF]
Inequity in access to and use of child and maternal health interventions is impeding progress towards the maternal and child health Millennium Development Goals.
Norheim, Ole F +18 more
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Anthropologies of Global Maternal and Reproductive Health [PDF]
This open access edited book brings together new research on the mechanisms by which maternal and reproductive health policies are formed and implemented in diverse locales around the world, from global policy spaces to sites of practice.
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Knowledge Summary 23: Human Rights & Accountability [PDF]
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.
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health +2 more
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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 +5 more
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Cervical cancer is a malignant tumor that can be effectively controlled and eventually eliminated through etiological prevention, pathogenic prevention, and clinical prevention. In China, some problems exist in comprehensive prevention and control system
Cervical Disease Prevention and Treatment Professional Committee of Hubei Maternal and Child Health Association
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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 +4 more
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Detailed pedigree analyses and prenatal diagnosis for a family with mucopolysaccharidosis type II
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 +13 more
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Background Good-quality care in the intrapartum and early postnatal period are critical to ensuring maternal, fetal and newborn survival and well-being. There is currently no standardised approach to assess the quality of intrapartum and early postnatal ...
The Global Maternal and Newborn Health Platform – Asia-Pacific Research Group
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