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Predictors of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Among Adult Patients at Saint Peter Hospital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(Pan African Medical Journal, 11/26/2016)
Introduction: the emergence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has become a major public health concern that threatens advances
made in global TB control efforts. Though the problem is prevalent, it did not ...
Improving the Standards-Based Management-Recognition initiative to provide high-quality, equitable maternal health services in Malawi: an implementation research protocol
(BMJ Global Health, 3/24/2016)
Background: The Government of Malawi is seeking
evidence to improve implementation of its flagship
quality of care improvement initiative—the Standards
Based Management-Recognition for Reproductive
Health (SBM-R(RH)).
Objective: ...
Factors Influencing Place of Delivery for Pastoralist Women in Kenya: A Qualitative Study
(2016)
Background: Kenya’s high maternal mortality ratio can be partly explained by the low proportion of women delivering in health facilities attended by skilled birth attendants (SBAs). Many women continue to give birth at ...
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Traditional Birth Attendants in Pastoralist Communities of Laikipia and Samburu Counties, Kenya: a Cross-sectional Survey
(Pan African Medical Journal, 11/26/2016)
Introduction: current efforts to reduce maternal and newborn mortality focus on promoting institutional deliveries with skilled birth attendants
(SBAs), and discouraging deliveries at home attended by traditional birth ...
Reproductive Health Service Utilization and Associated Factors: The Case of North Shewa zone Youth, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
(Pan African Medical Journal, 11/26/2016)
Introduction
Many youth are less informed, less experienced and less comfortable in utilizing reproductive health services. In the Sub-Saharan region the adolescents account for a higher proportion of new HIV infections ...
Accessibility to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Education Among Marginalized Youth in Selected Districts of Tanzania
(Pan African Medical Journal, 11/26/2016)
Introduction: access to information, education and services is central in the promotion of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) among
young people. It enables young people make informed choices on sexuality ...
Trends of preeclampsia/eclampsia and maternal and neonatal outcomes among women delivering in Addis Ababa selected government hospitals, Ethiopia: a retrospective cross-sectional study
(Pan African Medical Journal, 11/26/2016)
Introduction: the burden of preeclampsia has been a major concern worldwide, particularly in developing countries such as Ethiopia. Preeclampsia
is associated with substantial maternal complications, both acute and long-term. ...
Motivators and Barriers to Uptake of Post-operative Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Follow-up in Yala Division, Siaya County, Kenya
(Pan African Medical Journal, 11/26/2016)
Introduction: follow-up visits are recommended to all voluntary medical male circumcision clients (VMMC), however, adherence is variable. High
lost-to-follow-up cases limit knowledge about clinical status of clients and ...
Association Between Stage at Diagnosis and Knowledge on Cervical Cancer Among Patients in a Kenyan Tertiary Hospital: A Cross-sectional Study
(Pan African Medical Journal, 11/26/2016)
Introduction: in Kenya, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women; almost half of all women with invasive cervical cancer
are diagnosed at a late stage. Few women are aware of the symptoms and risk factors ...
Determinants of Health Facility Delivery Among Women in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya
(Pan African Medical Journal, 11/26/2016)
Introduction: Kenya records a high maternal mortality ratio 362 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births. Tharaka Sub County has poor transport
infrastructure, low levels of socio-economic status and long distances to health ...