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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"infant mortality and morbidity"”.
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Improving Data Collection to Reduce Maternal and Infant Mortality and Morbidity in Malawi: Evaluating Chimwemwe mu'bereki, a Community Based Intervention
<p>Maternal and infant death rates in Malawi are among the highest in the world. Over 17 million people live in this small country in sub-Saharan Africa, where the country’s life expectancy is just 60.6 years (World Bank, 2015). These deaths can be attributed to many complex factors, including …
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Towards formulating a comprehensive social security scheme for Lesotho
… services, social marginalisation, the HlV and AIDS pandemic, ill-health, poverty, unemployment, lack of education and training, lack of food and nutrition, low life expectancy, an increase in child and infant mortality and morbidity, and increase of women's death in child birth. This …
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Biomechanics of cervical function in pregnancy : case of cervical insufficiency
… Its normal function in pregnancy is to stay firm and closed for the duration of the gestation. At term, under the action of coordinated contractions from the myometrium the cervix dilates sufficiently to allow for the delivery of the fetus. Cervical insufficiency refers to a condition in which the …
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The Context of Maternal and Child Health Services in Northwest Tanzania: Missed Opportunities for Preventing Maternal and Perinatal Mortality in Rural Communities
The problem: In low- and middle-income countries, women and newborns are faced with premature death due to the lack of safe and timely antenatal, natal, postnatal and newborn care. In Tanzania, maternal and newborn mortality remains high. Health care across the maternal and child continuum of care …
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Determinants of home child birth practices among pregnant women in Oshikuku district, Omusati region, Namibia
… birth is one of the leading causes of maternal and infant mortality and morbidity worldwide but more especially in Africa. In Namibia, despite the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) effort to enhance Maternal and newborn health by encouraging women to deliver at health facilities, …