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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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Need Assessment and Effect of Sex Education on Awareness and Knowledge among Primary School Students in Klaten, Central Java [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Lack of knowledge in reproductive health and weak parental control may have undesired impact on children. There appeared the need of sex education and teaching in reproductive health for school children.
Wartoyo, F. X. (Franciscus)
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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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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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Female sex workers perspectives and concerns regarding HIV self-testing: an exploratory study in Tanzania

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background HIV testing is a gateway to HIV care and treatment for people diagnosed with HIV and can link those with negative results to HIV preventive services.
Soori Nnko, Daniel Nyato, Evodius Kuringe, Caterina Casalini, Amani Shao, Albert Komba, John Changalucha, Mwita Wambura   +7 more
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of health care providers trained in responding to violence against women: a pre- and post-intervention study

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Violence against women is a serious public health concern, and is highly prevalent globally, including in India. Health-care providers [HCPs] can play an important role in addressing and reducing negative consequences of violence against women.
Sanjida Arora, Sangeeta Rege, Padma Bhate-Deosthali, Soe Soe Thwin, Avni Amin, Claudia García-Moreno, Sarah R. Meyer   +6 more
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A never-before opportunity to strengthen investment and action on adolescent contraception, and what we must do to make full use of it

Reproductive Health, 2017
Background Increasingly, the health and rights of adolescents are being recognized and prioritized on the global agenda. This presents us with a “never-before” opportunity to address adolescent contraception. This is timely, as there are enormous numbers
Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Pooja S. Parameshwar, Matti Parry, Catherine Lane, Gwyn Hainsworth, Sylvia Wong, Lindsay Menard-Freeman, Beth Scott, Emily Sullivan, Miles Kemplay, Lale Say   +10 more
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Lived experiences of pregnant and parenting adolescents in Africa: A scoping review

Reproductive Health, 2023
Background Previous studies have not synthesized existing literature on the lived experiences of pregnant and parenting adolescents (aged 10–19) in Africa. Such evidence synthesis is needed to inform policies, programs, and future research to improve the
Anthony Idowu Ajayi, Sherine Athero, Winstoun Muga, Caroline W. Kabiru   +3 more
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Married men’s sexual and reproductive health concerns and related health-seeking behavior in Bangladesh: A mixed methods study

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2022
Background In Bangladesh, men’s sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs and related services are often neglected. Little is known of men’s SRH concerns, and of the phenomenal growth of the informal and private health actors in the provision of sexual ...
Raia Azmi, Ilias Mahmud, Kuhel Faizul Islam, Md Tanvir Hasan, Sabina Faiz Rashid   +4 more
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Social capital and accessing services and support during COVID-19 in informal settlements of Dhaka, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

The Lancet Global Health, 2022
Background: Social capital, which describes the social ties enjoyed by groups and networks with common interests, is one of the most useful resources in society.
Farzana Manzoor, MPH, Wafa Alam, MPH, Imran Hossain, MPH, Nadia Farnaz, MDS, Bachera Aktar, MPH, Sabina Faiz Rashid, PhD   +5 more
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