Background: Antenatal care is one of the pillars of the SAFE Motherhood Initiative aimed at preventing adverse pregnancy outcome. Early initiation provides an opportunity for optimum utilization of this care with improved maternal and fetal outcomes. Objective: To determine the p...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpcb/2019/v2i117
Malaria and HIV are important challenging infections in Nigeria. Co-infections of this duo in pregnancy has been associated with various adverse pregnancy outcomes including anaemia, low birth weight, premature birth, maternal and neonatal death. This study was carried out to det...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpcb/2019/v2i116
Janet Vanessa Baafi, Michael Rockson Adjei, Annick Nouffan Gladzah, Maurice Kofi Dola, Frederick Duah, Timothy Sewornu Letsa & Alfred Yawson·Asian Journal of Pregnancy and Childbirth·2019
Aims: To assess the quality of antenatal care and determine factors influencing access to quality care at the Holy Family Hospital, Nkawkaw in the Kwahu West Municipality of Ghana. Study Design: A facility-based cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Postnatal clinic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpcb/2019/v2i115
Aims: Some women in the developing world use abortion to regulate fertility and space childbearing. However, repeat induced abortion has become common and it’s linked to increased risk of adverse outcomes in future pregnancies. The aim of this study was to determine the relations...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpcb/2019/v2i114
Aim: To highlight the potential for benign lesions of the cervix uteri to present in bizarre unexpected ways during late pregnancy and the need for cautious evaluation to ensure optimal treatment is given, especially when life-altering decisions need to be made. Presentation of C...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpcb/2019/v2i113
Background: TORCH infection is responsible for the major of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality in the pregnancy because of their ability to generate congenital defects. It transmits to foetus from the mother during gestation or delivery time and leads to serious complicat...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpcb/2019/v2i112
Worldwide, Over 600,000 maternal deaths are recorded annually. Many women die due to pregnancy associated complications in Nigeria. Thus, this paper seeks to explore the application of poisson models in the study of incidence of pregnancy related death in Oyo state, Nigeria. The...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpcb/2019/v2i17
Introduction: This study assessed birth preparedness and complication readiness (BP/CR) and its associated factors among pregnant woman attending selected health care facilities in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state, Nigeria. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was employed. Two hundred...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpcb/2019/v2i111
Aims: This study aimed at investigating maternal malaria and its impact on red cell indices of pregnant women in rural Nigeria. Study Design: Case-control study. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out in rural Cross River State of Nigeria between May and November...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpcb/2019/v2i110
Aims: This study was to ascertain the barriers in PMTCT Services in private tertiary health facilities in Enugu state, South-east Nigeria Study Design: This was a facility-based analytical cross-sectional study among HIV positive nursing mothers who were accessing PMTCT services....
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Research Article10.9734/ajpcb/2019/v2i19
Aims: To determine the factors influencing multiple antenatal care bookings among pregnant women in urban and rural communities of Ebonyi state, Nigeria. Study Design: This was a community based cross-sectional comparative study design using a sequential mixed method exploratory...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpcb/2019/v2i18
Introduction: This study was conducted for the purpose of determining the breastfeeding attitudes of pregnant women and factors which affect the breastfeeding. Methods: This study is a cross-sectional and descriptive study. The study sample consisted of 152 pregnant monitored in...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpcb/2019/v2i16
Early childhood have a critical importance for brain development and for setting in place the structures that will shape future cognitive, social, emotional, and health outcomes. This review tries to shade the light on the origin of adult disease during fetal life. Searching on t...
Promotion of family planning aims to help female adolescents and youths maintain a strategic distance from undesirable pregnancy. It is imperative to the World Health Organization (WHO) in dealing with the improvement in maternal health and is central to accomplishing the sustain...
Background: There are high levels of unintended pregnancy in low income countries. The aim of this research was to determine the immediate factors associated with unintended pregnancies in Kumasi, Ghana. Methodology: A facility-based cross‐sectional study was carried out on four...