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Evaluating the diagnosis and treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in pregnant women to prevent adverse neonatal consequences in Gaborone, Botswana: protocol for the Maduo study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) are extremely common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) that are associated with adverse birth and neonatal outcomes, and the risk of vertical transmission of CT and NG during ...
Adriane Wynn, Aamirah Mussa, Rebecca Ryan, Emily Hansman, Selebaleng Simon, Bame Bame, Badani Moreri-Ntshabele, Doreen Ramogola-Masire, Jeffrey D. Klausner, Chelsea Morroni   +9 more
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"I was tricked": understanding reasons for unintended pregnancy among sexually active adolescent girls

Reproductive Health, 2021
Résumé Contexte Alors que le gouvernement kenyan déploie des stratégies de haut niveau pour mettre fin aux grossesses chez les adolescentes d'ici 2030, il est nécessaire de bien cerner les facteurs qui favorisent les grossesses précoces non planifiées ...
Anthony Idowu Ajayi, Sally Atieno Odunga, Clement Oduor, Ramatou Ouedraogo, Boniface Ayanbekongshie Ushie, Yohannes Dibaba Wado   +5 more
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Incompleteness and misclassification of maternal death recording: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Objective To quantify the extent of incompleteness and misclassification of maternal and pregnancy related deaths, and to identify general and context-specific factors associated with incompleteness and/or misclassification of maternal death data ...
Sahar M. A. Ahmed, Jenny A. Cresswell, Lale Say   +2 more
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Sexual and reproductive health needs and practices of female sex workers in Papua New Guinea: findings from a biobehavioral survey Kauntim mi tu (‘Count me too’)

Archives of Public Health, 2022
Background Little research has explored the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) experience of female sex workers (FSW), including girls aged
Damian Weikum, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Ruthy Neo-Boli, Herick Aeno, Steven G. Badman, Lisa M. Vallely, Barne Willie, Martha Kupul, Parker Hou, Angelyn Amos, Rebecca Narokobi, Simon Pekon, Kelsey Coy, Johanna Wapling, Janet Gare, John M. Kaldor, Andrew J. Vallely, Avi J. Hakim, on behalf of the Kauntim mi tu Study Team   +18 more
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Measuring the impact of COVID-19 social distancing measures on sexual health behaviours and access to HIV and sexual and reproductive health services for people living with HIV in Botswana

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2023
IntroductionUninterrupted access to HIV and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services is essential, particularly in high HIV prevalence settings, to prevent unintended pregnancy and vertical HIV transmission.
Samuel Ensor, Imogen Mechie, Rebecca Ryan, Aamirah Mussa, Aamirah Mussa, Bame Bame, Lefhela Tamuthiba, Neo Moshashane, Chelsea Morroni, Chelsea Morroni   +9 more
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Birth plan presentation to hospitals and its relation to obstetric outcomes and selected pain relief methods during childbirth

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background The information on birth plan (BP) usage in Spanish hospitals is scant. Aim To identify the percentage of pregnant women presenting a BP at five hospitals in Spain, the reasons why some women failed to do so and how BP presentation relates to ...
Encarnación López-Gimeno, Gemma Falguera-Puig, Mª. Mercedes Vicente-Hernández, Meritxell Angelet, Griselda Vázquez Garreta, Gloria Seguranyes   +5 more
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What prevents midwifery quality care in Bangladesh? A focus group enquiry with midwifery students

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background With professional midwives being introduced in Bangladesh in 2013, the aim of this study was to describe midwifery students perceptions on midwives’ realities in Bangladesh, based on their own experiences. Method Data were collected through 14
Malin Bogren, Kerstin Erlandsson, Members of the Midwifery Faculty Master’s degree holders in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Ulrika Byrskog   +3 more
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A systematic review of sexual and reproductive health interventions for young people in humanitarian and lower-and-middle-income country settings

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Accessibility of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in many lower-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) and humanitarian settings remains limited, particularly for young people.
Alethea Desrosiers, Theresa Betancourt, Yasmine Kergoat, Chiara Servilli, Lale Say, Loulou Kobeissi   +5 more
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Treatment administered to newborns with congenital syphilis during a penicillin shortage in 2015, Fortaleza, Brazil

BMC Pediatrics, 2021
Background Between 2014 and 2016, Brazil experienced a severe shortage in penicillin supply, resulting in a lack of treatment among some pregnant women and newborns with syphilis and the use of non-evidence-based regimens.
Ana Fátima Braga Rocha, Maria Alix Leite Araújo, Melanie M. Taylor, Edna O. Kara, Nathalie Jeanne Nicole Broutet   +4 more
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Adolescents’ experience of mistreatment and abuse during childbirth: a cross-sectional community survey in a low-income informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

BMJ Global Health, 2023
Background Adolescent girls in Africa have poorer maternal health outcomes than older women partly because they are less likely to access antenatal and facility-based delivery care.
Anthony Idowu Ajayi, Emmanuel Otukpa, Caroline W Kabiru, Luwam T Gebrekristos   +3 more
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