Every year, nearly one million deaths occur due to suboptimal breastfeeding. If universally practiced, exclusive breastfeeding alone prevents 11.6% of all under 5 deaths. Among strategies to improve exclusive breastfeeding rates, counselling by peers or health workers, has proven to…
Few data are available on cesarean delivery and operative vaginal delivery trends in low- and middle-income countries. Our objective was to analyze a prospective population-based registry including eight sites in seven low- and middle-income countries to observe trends in operative…
Breech presentation and other less common malpresentations affect up to 3–4% of pregnancies at term and are even more common in earlier gestation. Risk factors for malpresentation are diverse and include maternal age, parity, uterine anomalies, prematurity, fetal growth restriction,…
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that over 2 billion people, roughly 30% of the world’s population, are affected by anemia and at least 50% of pregnant women are anemic. Although anemia has been shown to affect women in both…
Antenatal care (ANC) is an important opportunity to diagnose and treat pregnancy-related complications and to deliver interventions aimed at improving health and survival of both mother and the infant. Multiple individual studies and national surveys have assessed antenatal care utilization…
The importance of exclusive breastfeeding in providing the vital nutrients from birth to 6 months of age is undisputed. Its contribution to infant’s growth and development is unparalleled; therefore, there is an urgent need to strengthen policies, and support interventions…
Household air pollution (HAP) has been implicated in endothelial dysfunction and systemic inflammation which are the underlying mechanisms for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). By: Patel AB, Kumar B. Read at Source Download Paper