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Socioeconomic inequalities in the uptake of maternal healthcare services in Ethiopia

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background The progress in coverage of maternal health services in Ethiopia has been rather slow over the past decade and consequently the maternal mortality ratio was very high (673 per 100,000 live births) among the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and ...
Markos Mezmur, Kannan Navaneetham, Gobopamang Letamo, Hadgu Bariagaber   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of maternal health services utilization in Uganda [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2015
Los deficientes indicadores de salud materna de Uganda se han debido a la deficiente prestación de servicios de salud materna, incluido el acceso a la planificación familiar de calidad, la asistencia cualificada al parto, la atención obstétrica de emergencia y la atención posnatal para madres y recién nacidos.
Gideon Rutaremwa, Stephen Ojiambo Wandera, Tapiwa Jhamba, Edith Akiror, Angela Kiconco   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

Removing financial barriers to access reproductive, maternal and newborn health services: the challenges and policy implications for human resources for health. [PDF]

, 2013
The last decade has seen widespread retreat from user fees with the intention to reduce financial constraints to users in accessing health care and in particular improving access to reproductive, maternal and newborn health services.
Barbara McPake, Witter, S, Ensor, Tim, Sophie Witter, David Newlands, Newlands, D., Chirwa, Yotamu, Suzanne Fustukian, Yotamu Chirwa, Martineau, Tim, Tim Martineau, Newlands, D, Tim Ensor, McPake, Barbara, McPake, B, Martineau, Timothy, Fustukian, S, Witter, Sophie, Martineau, T, Chirwa, Y, Newlands, David, Ensor, T, Fustukian, Suzanne   +22 more
core   +2 more sources

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

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

How equitable is utilization of maternal health services in Uganda? Implications for achieving universal health coverage

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Maternal and neonatal mortality in Uganda remain persistently high. While utilisation of maternal health services has been shown to reduce the risk of maternal death, little is known about the inequalities in utilisation of maternal health ...
Phiona Atuhaire, Elizabeth Kiracho-Ekirapa, John Mutenyo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Avidin is evolutionarily conserved in fish but dispensable for development and resistance against Streptococcus agalactiae in zebrafish

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The presence of biotin‐binding avidin proteins in fish and their biological significance are poorly characterized. We cataloged fish avidins and demonstrate that they are widely present and evolutionarily conserved. We created avd knockout zebrafish and show that zebavidin is dispensable for development and that resistance of avd knockout embryos in ...
Anni K. Saralahti, Markus J. T. Ojanen, Mataleena Parikka, Otto Kauko, Mika Rämet, Vesa P. Hytönen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Use Pattern of Maternal Health Services and Determinants of Skilled Care During Delivery in Southern Tanzania: Implications for Achievement of MDG-5 targets. [PDF]

, 2007
Almost two decades since the initiation of the Safe motherhood Initiative, Maternal Mortality is still soaring high in most developing countries. In 2000 WHO estimated a life time risk of a maternal death of 1 in 16 in Sub- Saharan Africa while it was ...
Mpembeni, Rose Nm, Leshabari, Melkzedeck T, Mushi, Declare, Killewo, Japhet Z, Jahn, Albrecht, Massawe, Siriel N, Mwakipa, Hassan   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Elevated Connectivity During Language Processing Is Associated With Cognitive Performance in SeLECTS

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Self‐Limited Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (SeLECTS) is associated with language impairments despite seizures originating in the motor cortex, suggesting aberrant cross‐network interactions. Here we tested whether functional connectivity in SeLECTS during language tasks predicts language performance.
Wendy Qi, Katharine Lee, Kerry C. Nix, Miguel Menchaca, Xiwei Shé, Lorelei Santa Maria, Wei Wu, Zihuai He, Fiona M. Baumer   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source