OBGYN & Women’s Health

As the rate of CS continues to rise in Flanders, it is essential to understand the reasons behind this evolution and find ways to achieve appropriate CS rates. For this analysis, we categorized CS changes between 1992 and 2016,...

Ethiopia’s government introduced a free delivery service policy to encourage mothers to deliver in health facilities in all public health facilities. Examining the effect of this intervention on the utilization of delivery...

PE is a life-threatening condition for the mother, the fetus, and the newborn. MMP participates in the two primary stages of PE: remodeling of blood vessels at the placental formation and hypertension development location due to...

Mental illness related to pregnancy can have long-lasting consequences. Healthcare providers are the most frequent medical contact with the potential for early detection of these. Objectives were to study the awareness regarding...

Obstetric caregivers’ use of the partograph during labor has paramount importance in identifying any deviation during delivery. Even though partograph use is influenced by different factors as obtained from the kinds of...

Researchers tried to assess the awareness and associated factors of obstetrics fistula among pregnant mothers attending antenatal care clinics. Methods. Data was collected by a systematic random sampling technique and entered...

This study aimed to assess the factors associated with maternal near-miss among women admitted in public hospitals of West Arsi zone, Ethiopia.  A facility-based unmatched case-control study was conducted. Three hundred...

This study aimed to clarify cesarean delivery effects on neonatal respiratory morbidity when women had preterm premature rupture of membranes.  This retrospective study included women with preterm premature rupture of membranes...

Hypertensive pregnancy disorders complicate up to 10% of pregnancies worldwide, constituting one of the most significant causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. Hypertensive diseases, specifically gestational hypertension,...

Measles is a highly contagious airborne disease. Unvaccinated pregnant women are not only at risk of infection but also risk of severe pregnancy complications. We evaluated data during the measles outbreak reported in Catania,...

Anemia in pregnancy is a significant problem in both developed and developing countries. There are some implemented approaches in Ghana, including education and awareness creation, nutritional supplements, and control and...

Practicing EBF in an infant’s first six months of life is recommended by the World Health Organization because of its proven effectiveness as a method to support the infant’s short- and long-term physical and cognitive...

The maternity continuum of care is the continuity of maternal healthcare services that a woman uses, including ANC 4+, SBA, and PNC, within 48 hours of delivery. It is one of the essential strategies for reducing maternal and...