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Bognini JD, Koita K, N’takpe JB, Bihoun B, Dembélé M, et al.

2025-04-14 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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Since 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a minimum of eight antenatal care (ANC) contacts during pregnancy, replacing the prev...

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Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Adong J, Arinaitwe R, Nanjebe D, Orikiriza P, et al.

2024-08-27 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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Deaths ...

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Cisse D, Toure AA, Diallo AK, Goungounga JA, Kadio KJJO, et al.

2023-05-27 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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The composite coverage index (CCI) is the weighted average coverage of eight preventive and curative interventions received along the maternal and childcare continuum. T...

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Pasquier E, Owolabi OO, Fetters T, Ngbale RN, Adame Gbanzi MC, et al.

2023-03-04 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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Abortion-related complications are one of the five main causes of maternal mortality. However, research about abortion is very limited in fragile and conflict-affected set...

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Schuurmans J, Borgundvaag E, Finaldi P, Senat-Delva R, Desauguste F, et al.

2020-11-01 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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The prevalence of (pre-)eclampsia in pregnant women in Haiti is high and access to maternal health services is s...

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Tayler-Smith K, Zachariah R, Manzi M, van den Boogaard W, Vandeborne A, et al.

2013-08-21 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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In Burundi, the annual incidence of obstetric fistula is estimated to be 0.2-0.5% of all deliveries, with 1000-2000 new cases per year. Despite this relatively high incide...

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Obel J, Martin AIC, Mullahzada AW, Kremer R, Maaloe N

2021-01-07 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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Fragile and conflict-affected states contribute with more than 60% of the global burden of maternal mortality. There is an alarming need for research exploring maternal he...

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Hutchinson K, Bryant M, Bachman DeSilva M, Price DJ, Sabin L, et al.

2018-08-20 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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The primary objective of this comparative, cross-sectional study was to identify factors affecting delays in accessing emergency obstetric care and clinical consequences o...

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Oloya S, Lyczkowski D, Orikiriza P, Irama M, Boum Y II, et al.

2020-07-02 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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While congenital syphilis is a significant public health problem that can cause severe disabilities, little is known about the situation in Uganda. We describe prevalence...

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Mukuve A, Noorani M, Sendagire I, Mgonja M

2020-07-23 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Background: Medical screening detects risk factors for disease or presence of disease in otherwise well persons in order to intervene early and reduce morbidity and mortality. During ant...

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Anastasi E, Borchert M, Campbell O, Sondorp E, Kaducu F, et al.

2015-11-04 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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Thousands of women and newborns still die preventable deaths from pregnancy and childbirth-related complications in poor settings. Delivery with a skilled birth attendant ...

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Dorji T, Das M, Van Den Berg R, Oo MM, Gyamtsho S, et al.

2019-05-07 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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To achieve the Sustainable Development Goal related to maternal and neonatal outcomes, the World Health Organization advocates for a first antenatal care (ANC) contact b...

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Eze P, Lawani LO, Chikezie RU, Ukaegbe CI, Iyoke CA

2020-05-14 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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To evaluate the perinatal status of neonates delivered by assisted vaginal delivery (AVD) versus second-stage caesarean birth (CS).

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A 5-year retrospec...

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Determinants of attendance in antenatal care clinics in rural settings in Mali and Burkina Faso: a cross-sectional study

Impact of postpartum maternal fever or hypothermia on newborn and early infant illness and death in Southwestern Uganda

Evaluation of maternal and child care continuum in Guinea: a secondary analysis of two demographic and health surveys using the composite coverage index (CCI)

High severity of abortion complications in fragile and conflict-affected settings: a cross-sectional study in two referral hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa (AMoCo study)

Estimating risk factors for three negative outcomes in pregnant women admitted to the Centre de Références et Urgences Obstétricales (CRUO) and their neonates in Port-au-Prince, Haiti between January 2013 and June 2018

Obstetric fistula in Burundi: a comprehensive approach to managing women with this neglected disease

Resilience to maintain quality of intrapartum care in war torn Yemen: a retrospective pre-post study evaluating effects of changing birth volumes in a congested frontline hospital

Delayed access to emergency obstetrical care among preeclamptic and non-preeclamptic women in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti

Prevalence, associated factors and clinical features of congenital syphilis among newborns in Mbarara hospital, Uganda

Magnitude of screening for gestational diabetes mellitus in an urban setting in Tanzania; a cross-sectional analytic study

Losing women along the path to safe motherhood: why is there such a gap between women’s use of antenatal care and skilled birth attendance? A mixed methods study in northern Uganda

"If we miss this chance, it's futile later on" - late antenatal booking and its determinants in Bhutan: a mixed-methods study

Perinatal outcomes of babies delivered by second-stage caesarean section versus vacuum extraction in a resource-poor setting, Nigeria - a retrospective analysis