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Uptake of, barriers and enablers to the utilization of postnatal care services in Thyolo, Malawi
(BMC, 2023)
Postnatal care (PNC) ensures early assessments for danger signs during the postpartum period and is to
be provided within 24 h of birth, 48–72 h, 7–14 days, and six weeks after birth. This study assessed the uptake of ...
Socio-demographic correlates and trends in the timing of the onset of parenthood among women of reproductive age in Ghana: Evidence from three waves of the demographic and health surveys
(F1000 Research Ltd, 2023)
Childbearing is one of the central events in a woman’s life and the age at which this event occurs has important health, socioeconomic and fertility implications for her. Methods: We used three waves of the Ghana Demographic ...
Exploring self-reported adherence measures to screen for elevated HIV viral load in adolescents: A South African cohort study
(Springer, 2023)
The timely identification of ART non-adherence among adolescents living with HIV presents a significant challenge, particularly
in resource-limited settings where virologic monitoring is suboptimal. Using South African ...
Perspectives about social support among unmarried pregnant university students in South Africa
(Public Library of Science, 2023)
Pregnant young women in an academic environment are susceptible to stressors associated with unintended pregnancy and academic demands of universities. The challenges they face may be exacerbated by lack of social support, ...
Determining food industry compliance to mandatory sodium limits: Successes and challenges from the South African experience
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)
To provide an update on the compliance to the Na reduction regulation
(R.214) and to highlight some challenges and successes experienced by South
Africa in the implementation of a mandatory Na regulation. The study design ...
National-level key stakeholders' perspectives regarding intervention progression and emerging challenges within the national stillbirth reduction response in Uganda
(Public Library of Science, 2023)
Implementation of evidence-based interventions was adopted to respond to the stillbirth burden
from the global campaigns. However, new challenges emerge in the process of rolling
out such interventions into routine ...
Regular measurement is essential but insufficient to improve quality of healthcare
(BMJ, 2023)
Background: Evidence on the detrimental effect of low quality health systems on preventable mortality worldwide has accelerated investments in large scale healthcare improvement. Regular measurement of quality of care is ...
Examining the variations in the implementation of interventions to address stillbirth from the national to subnational levels: Experiences from Uganda
(BMC, 2022)
The current global burden of stillbirth disproportionately afects regions such as sub-Saharan Africa,
where Uganda is located. To respond to this burden, policies made at the national level were difused from the centre
and ...
From pre-implementation to institutionalization: Lessons from sustaining a perinatal audit program in South Africa
(NLM (Medline), 2023)
Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR), or related forms of maternal and perinatal
death audits, can strengthen health systems. We explore the history of initiating, scaling up, and institutionalizing ...
Gendered conflict in the human family
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)
Sexual conflict is a thriving area of animal behaviour research. Yet parallel research in the evolutionary
human sciences remains underdeveloped and has become mired by controversy. In this special collection,
we aim to ...