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Knowledge Summary 22: Reaching Child Brides [PDF]

, 2012
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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Delivering at Home or in a Health Facility? Health-Seeking Behaviour of Women and the Role of Traditional birth attendants in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
Traditional birth attendants retain an important role in reproductive and maternal health in Tanzania. The Tanzanian Government promotes TBAs in order to provide maternal and neonatal health counselling and initiating timely referral, however, their role
A Byrne, AZ Bhutta, B Obrist, C Ronsmans, CK Kaingu, Constanze Pfeiffer, G Mbaruku, K Gross, M Koblinsky, M Magoma, M Mamdani, M Mrisho, M Mrisho, ME Kruk, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, National Bureau of Statistics, National Bureau of Statistics, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and ICF Macro, OM Campbell, OMR Campbell, OU Umeora, Rosemarie Mwaipopo, S Nyanzi, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization   +28 more
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Decision Making Towards Maternal Health Services in Central Java, Indonesia [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Indonesia has always been struggling with maternal health issue even after the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) programs were done. Prior research findings identified many factors which influenced maternal health status in developing ...
Barnes, M. (Margareth), Reed, R. (Rachel), Rowe, J. (Jennifer), Sujana, T. (Treesia)   +3 more
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Efficient fetal-maternal ECG signal separation from two channel maternal abdominal ECG via diffusion-based channel selection

, 2017
There is a need for affordable, widely deployable maternal-fetal ECG monitors to improve maternal and fetal health during pregnancy and delivery. Based on the diffusion-based channel selection, here we present the mathematical formalism and clinical ...
Frasch, Martin G., Li, Ruilin, Wu, Hau-tieng   +2 more
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Maternal morbidity associated with violence and maltreatment from husbands and in-laws: findings from Indian slum communities. [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundIntimate partner violence (IPV) victimization is linked to a broad range of negative maternal health outcomes. However, it is unclear whether IPV is directly related to poor maternal outcomes or whether IPV is a marker for other forms of ...
Balaiah, Donta, Boyce, Sabrina C, Dasgupta, Anindita, Decker, Michele R, Naik, DD, Nair, Saritha, Raj, Anita, Ritter, Julie, Saggurti, Niranjan, Silverman, Jay G   +9 more
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A sustainable organizational structure to integrate psycho-social stimulation programme into primary health care services in Bangladesh: protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial on scaling up early childhood development activities

BMC Psychology
Background Early childhood development (ECD) in low to middle-income nations has been a pressing concern for the last two to three decades. It is estimated that approximately 250 million children under the age of five are not reaching their full ...
S. M. Mulk Uddin Tipu, Sheikh Jamal Hossain, Shams El Arifeen, Syeda Fardina Mehrin, Nur E Salveen, Masuma Kawsir, Mohammad Saiful Alam Bhuiyan, Shamima Shiraji, Mohammed Imrul Hasan, Fahmida Tofail, Jena Derakhshani Hamadani   +10 more
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A novel variant of the SOX10 gene associated with Waardenburg syndrome type IV

BMC Medical Genomics, 2023
Background Waardenburg syndrome (WS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by varying degrees of sensorineural hearing loss and accumulated pigmentation in the skin, hair and iris.
Yanan Wang, Yuqiong Chai, Pai Zhang, Weiwei Zang   +3 more
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Quality of maternal healthcare in India:Has the National Rural Health Mission made a difference? [PDF]

, 2011
Despite a five decade old Family Welfare programme, India still continues to contribute almost a quarter of the global estimates of maternal morbidity and mortality.
Nair, Harish, Panda, Rajmohan
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Clinical experience of the expanded carrier screening for recessive genetic diseases in a large cohort study in Southern central China

Scientific Reports
Recessive monogenic disorders represent a significant cause of congenital malformations and disabilities in pediatric populations. The present study aims to provide the first comprehensive assessment of clinical experience with expanded carrier screening
Lu pan, Haiyan Luo, Tingting Huang, Huizhen Yuan, Yongyi Zou, Qing Lu, Baitao Zeng, Pengpeng Ma, Yan Yang, Ting Huang, Danping Liu, Bicheng Yang, Yanqiu Liu, Jun Zou, Fen Fu   +14 more
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Assessment of retroperitoneal lymph node status in locally advanced cervical cancer

BMC Cancer, 2021
Background The assessment of retroperitoneal lymph node status in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer is still a problem. This study aimed to explore the choice of these assessment methods.
Wei Li, Li Xiong, Qiaoling Zhu, Hong Lu, Meiling Zhong, Meirong Liang, Wei Jiang, Yanan Wang, Wei Cheng   +8 more
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