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Population, Heath and Women [PDF]

There are a number of issues regarding women’s health, women’s reproductive behavior, fertility impact of reproductive health programs and the effect of gender roles and expectations in these factors.
Abad, Henedina
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Clients’ expectations and experiences with providers of menstrual regulation: a qualitative study in Bangladesh

BMC Women's Health
Background Menstrual Regulation (MR) has been legal in Bangladesh since 1979 in an effort to reduce maternal mortality from unsafe abortion care. However, access to high-quality and patient-centered MR care remains a challenge.
Ana Maria Ramirez, Tanzila Tabassum, Sofia Filippa, Anna Katz, Rezwana Chowdhury, Chiara Bercu, Sarah E. Baum   +6 more
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Practical lessons for bringing policy-makers on board in sexual and reproductive health research

BMC Health Services Research, 2016
Background The need to translate research into policy, i.e. making research findings a driving force in agenda-setting and policy change, is increasingly acknowledged.
Aurore Guieu, Wei-Hong Zhang, Yves Lafort, Peter Decat, Sara De Meyer, Shuchen Wang, Birgit Kerstens, Els Duysburgh   +7 more
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Enteropathogenic E. coli shows delayed attachment and host response in human jejunum organoid‐derived monolayers compared to HeLa cells

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) infects the human intestinal epithelium, resulting in severe illness and diarrhoea. In this study, we compared the infection of cancer‐derived cell lines with human organoid‐derived models of the small intestine. We observed a delayed in attachment, inflammation and cell death on primary cells, indicating that host ...
Mastura Neyazi, Pilar Samperio Ventayol, Natalie Burkard, Nicolas Schlegel, Carmen Aguilar, Sina Bartfeld   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Population-level analyses identify host and environmental variables influencing the vaginal microbiome

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
The vaginal microbiome is critical for the reproductive health of women, yet the differential impacts exerted by the host and by ambient environmental variables on the vaginal microbiome remain largely unknown.
Lang Qin, Tianyong Sun, Xiao Li, Shigang Zhao, Zheng Liu, Changlong Zhang, Congcong Jin, Yanqi Xu, Xuan Gao, Yongzhi Cao, Jiaojiao Wang, Ting Han, Lei Yan, Jialun Song, Fangfang Zhang, Feifei Liu, Yousheng Zhang, Yuzhen Huang, Yuping Song, Yanjun Liu, Jing Zhang, Xiuqing Zhang, Zhina Yao, Honglei Chen, Zhenzhen Zhang, Shengrui Zhao, Yuhan Feng, Ya-nan Zhang, Qian Yu, Fang Cao, Lijuan Zhao, Lei Xie, Ling Geng, Qiang Feng, Han Zhao, Zi-Jiang Chen   +35 more
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Exploring young women’s reasons for adopting intrauterine or oral emergency contraception in the United States: a qualitative study

BMC Women's Health, 2020
Background The recent focus on increasing access to long-acting reversible contraceptive methods has often overlooked the diverse reasons why women may choose less effective methods even when significant access barriers have been removed.
Shelly Kaller, Aisha Mays, Lori Freedman, Cynthia C. Harper, M. Antonia Biggs   +4 more
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Organoids in pediatric cancer research

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
wiley   +1 more source

Biallelic BRCA2 variants induce premature ovarian insufficiency by impaired meiotic homologous recombination

Communications Biology
The DNA damage response plays a pivotal role in ovarian aging. Breast cancer susceptibility gene 2 (BRCA2), which participates in homologous recombination (HR), is a key regulator of natural menopause. Rare BRCA2 variants have been identified in patients
Xinyi Wu, Qian Zhang, Chang Li, Shuning Zhuang, Hongyuan Liu, Xue Jiao, Shidou Zhao, Yingying Qin, Ting Guo   +8 more
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The impact of facility audits, evaluation reports and incentives on motivation and supply management among family planning service providers: an interventional study in two districts in Maputo Province, Mozambique

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Backrgound Good progress is being made towards universal access to contraceptives, however stock-outs still jeopardize progress. A seldom considered but important building block in optimizing supply management is the degree to which health workers feel ...
Heleen Vermandere, Anna Galle, Sally Griffin, Málica de Melo, Lino Machaieie, Dirk Van Braeckel, Olivier Degomme   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alcohol Production as an Adaptive Livelihood Strategy for Women Farmers in Tanzania and Its Potential for Unintended Consequences on Women's Reproductive Health. [PDF]

, 2013
Although women occupy a central position in agriculture in many developing countries, they face numerous constraints to achieving their full potential including unequal access to assets and limited decision-making authority.
B Agarwal, BS Feldman, CL Miller, FA Browne, FE Greig, H Ladmadrid-Figueroa, J Kim, JA Rivera, JC Fisher, JL Oyefara, JT Boerma, KL Dunkle, KN Dancause, Lauren J. Ralph, M McCall, M Morris, MF Chersich, MH Watt, Nancy S. Padian, P Gertler, PM Pronyk, PM Pronyk, RK Papas, S Ahmed, Sandra I. McCoy, SC Kalichman, SG Sosa-Rubi, Sten H. Vermund, Wema Wilson   +28 more
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