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Equity in maternal health in South Africa: analysis of health service access and health status in a national household survey [PDF]

, 2013
Background: South Africa is increasingly focused on reducing maternal mortality. Documenting variation in access to maternal health services across one of the most inequitable nations could assist in re-direction of resources.
Blaauw, Duane, Chersich, Matthew, Dwane, Ntabozuko, Goudge, Jane, Wabiri, Njeri, Zuma, Khangelani   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Concise title: Maternal health service utilization [PDF]

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2020
Abstract Objectives The objective of this study is to identify the determinants and measure the trends in maternal health-facility based utilization in Bangladesh. This research shows the importance of each variable and their role in utilizing maternity care in Bangladesh.
Md Akhtarul Islam, Sutapa Dey Barna
openaire   +1 more source

Maternal health care-seeking behaviour of married adolescent girls: A prospective qualitative study in Banke District, Nepal.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundNepal has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the South Asia region, partly due to the underutilization of maternal health services and the high number of adolescent pregnancies. This study explores married Nepali adolescent girls'
Asm Shahabuddin, Therèse Delvaux, Christiana Nöstlinger, Malabika Sarker, Azucena Bardají, Alyssa Sharkey, Ramesh Adhikari, Sushil Koirala, Md Asadur Rahman, Tahrima Mridha, Jacqueline E W Broerse, Vincent De Brouwere   +11 more
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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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Maternal health service utilization from urban health extension professionals and associated factors among women who gave birth in the last one year in Ambo town, Oromia regional state, Ethiopia, 2018

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Despite the existence of urban and rural health extension workers maternal mortality and morbidity remain, as a public health problem in Ethiopia.
Kebede Megerssa Berri, Yeshi Kumera Adaba, Teka Girma Tarefasa, Nagasa Dida Bededa, Daniel Belema Fekene   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Access to health services in Western Newfoundland, Canada: Issues, barriers and recommendations emerging from a community-engaged research project [PDF]

, 2014
Research indicates that people living in rural and remote areas of Canada face challenges to accessing health services. This article reports on a community-engaged research project conducted by investigators at Memorial University of Newfoundland in ...
Heath, Sara, Hippe, Janelle, Jesso, Beulah, Maddalena, Victor, McCahon, Marion, Olson, Kim   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Accessing Maternal Health Care in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study in Two Districts of Assam, India

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2022
BackgroundCOVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent national lockdown in India compelled the health system to focus on COVID-19 management. Information from the field indicated the impact of COVID- 19 on the provision of maternal health services.
Rashmi Padhye, Anusha Purushotham, Maitrayee Paul, Nilangi Sardeshpande, Ramnath Ballala, Shelley Dhar, Sunil Kaul, Renu Khanna   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors related to adverse pregnancy outcomes of maternal syphilis in Nanning, Guangxi, China 2016–2020

Scientific Reports
Syphilis is a relatively common sexually transmitted disease worldwide. Its occurrence in pregnant women not only impacts their quality of life but also leads to various adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs), including the potential for congenital syphilis ...
Yuanjun Peng, Jiangheng Li, Mingxiao Wei, Jinlu Wei, Wei Zeng, Wanting Tang, Yongquan Huang, Xing Tao, Wu Jiang, Liangqin Mao   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effectiveness of mHealth interventions for maternal, newborn and child health in low- and middle-income countries:Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2014
Rates of maternal, newborn and child (MNCH) mortality and morbidity are vastly greater in low– than in high–income countries and represent a major source of global health inequity.
Begg, Black, Chib, Dudley, Egger, Free, Free, Kerber, Labrique, Lund, Mwaniki, Noordam, Pande, Perry, Ronsmans, Tamrat, Tomlinson, Van Malderen, Wulf   +18 more
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dUTPase is essential in zebrafish development and possesses several single‐nucleotide variants with pronounced structural and functional consequences

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
dUTPases are involved in balancing the appropriate nucleotide pools. We showed that dUTPase is essential for normal development in zebrafish. The different zebrafish genomes contain several single‐nucleotide variations (SNPs) of the dut gene. One of the dUTPase variants displayed drastically lower protein stability and catalytic efficiency as compared ...
Viktória Perey‐Simon, Angéla Békesi, Latifa Kazzazy, Jázmin Mihály, Máté Varga, Beáta G. Vértessy, Kinga Nyíri   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source