Timing of antenatal care for adolescent and adult pregnant women in south-eastern Tanzania. [PDF]
Early and frequent antenatal care attendance during pregnancy is important to identify and mitigate risk factors in pregnancy and to encourage women to have a skilled attendant at childbirth.
Glass, Tracy R. +11 more
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Background: The purpose of the study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices toward the prevention of malaria among pregnant women aged 18-45 years at Busibo health center III, Lwengo district.
Catherine Musimenta, Prosper Mubangizi
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Population-Level Benefits from Providing Effective HIV Prevention Means to Pregnant Women in High Prevalence Settings [PDF]
Background:HIV prevalence among pregnant women in Southern Africa is extremely high. Epidemiological studies suggest that pregnancy increases the risk of HIV sexual acquisition and that HIV infections acquired during pregnancy carry higher risk of mother-
Dimitrov Dobromir +26 more
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Vaccination of pregnant women against controlled respiratory tract infections
The review provides information on the importance of immunoprophylaxis of epidemic controlled infections in pregnant women. It is shown that the most severe complications of pregnancy occur when women are infected with respiratory pathogens, especially ...
A. P. Cherdantsev +3 more
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Prevalence of Malaria and Anaemia among HIV Infected Pregnant women Receiving Co-trimoxazole Prophylaxis in Tanzania: A Cross Sectional Study in Kinondoni Municipality. [PDF]
HIV-infected pregnant women are particularly more susceptible to the deleterious effects of malaria infection particularly anaemia. In order to prevent opportunistic infections and malaria, a policy of daily co-trimoxazole prophylaxis without the ...
Billy Ngasala +5 more
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Correlation Between Hormonal and Lipid Status in Women in Menopause
It is widely accepted that menopause leads to changes in hormonal status, metabolism and lipid profile. The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of menopause on the concentrations of lipids, lipoproteins and, the influence of estradiol ...
Lejla Mešalić +3 more
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Analysis of lipid status, body mass index and waist-hip ratio in post-menopausal women
Introduction: Menopause is the absence of menses in the period longer that one year. It is widely accepted that menopause leads to changes in hormonal status, metabolism and lipid profi le. The aim of this study was to analyze the infl uence of menopause
Lejla Mešalić, Edhem Hasković
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Improving Ambulatory Saliva-Sampling compliance in Pregnant Women : A Randomized Controlled Study [PDF]
Objective: Noncompliance with scheduled ambulatory saliva sampling is common and has been associated with biased cortisol estimates in nonpregnant subjects.
Krastel, Bettina +17 more
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Ecologic constituent of risk of reproductive complications
Technogenic pressure contributes to the constant emission of significant amounts of chemical pollutants in the environment, thus increasing the risk of ecologically conditioned pathology in the population of urbanized areas.
T. A. Golovkova
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Aim: To explore sensor-derived glycemic metrics during pregnancy in women with type 1 diabetes using insulin degludec or other basal insulin analogs.
Julie C. Søholm +6 more
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