“…In developing countries, health workforce is one of the predominant challenges affecting the health care systems’ function of providing quality services including maternal care. …”
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“…Birth defects are a global problem, neura4 tube defect (NTD's) is the second commonest serious birth defect of genetic or partially genetic globally and around 50% of neural tube defects are Spinabifida. …”
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“…The data will be collected using a questionnaire that will mostly have open ended questions. The collected data will be analysed manually using a descriptive content analysis. …”
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“…These findings confirm the need to improve delivery of cervical cancer screening for WLHIV at Nkhoma Hospital. …”
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“…Background: Severe malaria, the number one cause of morbidity and mortality in Africa and Asia causes imminent death in an under-five child if left unattended to. …”
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“…The provision of infertility services is given a very low priority in many developing countries as it is mainly regarded as none life threatening and usually associated with high cost of treatment. …”
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“…The findings revealed that majority of mothers were young mothers within the age group of 20-24 years (41.4%; n=82) and unemployed (44.4%; n=88). The findings also revealed that majority of mothers (59.1%; n=117) had average knowledge related to causes and symptoms of anaemia in under-five children. …”
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“…In Zambia child mortality rate from diarrhoea is 68 deaths per 1,000 live births despite implementation of child survival interventions. …”
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“…A semi-structured interview guide was used to collect data from participants on one to one in-depth interview. Nvivo 10 was used to code the data. …”
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“…The purpose of this study was to identify the role of primary school teachers’ in the promotion mental health among school children within Zomba district. A school is one of the settings where mental health of the children should be promoted through intervention of teachers as primary caretakers of the children at school. …”
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“…Of those that received support, 79.8% reported that the support received had no effect on their mental health. Hence 61.5% indicated they needed to be provided with housing; 37.3% indicated they needed loans; 1.14% indicated they needed counseling services, for their mental health to be at optimal level. …”
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“…This type of Tuberculosis needs adequate treatment with ant TB drugs for the required period. …”
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“…The overall findings suggest that nurses were lacking in knowledge and practice for providing appropriate pain management to children. It is being recommended that the guidelines on pediatric pain management in pre-service curriculum and in-service training be cemented, and to explore forming hospital pediatric pain management teams to address in-facility needs.…”
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“…Furthermore, being away from home was found to be nearly 3 times more likely to hinder adherence as compared to cases where clients are at home (OR = 2.783, CI = 1.042, 7.734). …”
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“…The reviewed records showed 4 fresh still births and 21 newborns who were admitted to neonatal intensive care unit with Apgar score of less than 7 at 5 minutes within a period of one month. On labour progress, cervical dilatation was the only parameter that was more documented according to standard in 33.7% (n = 83) of the partographs as compared to the documentation of uterine contractions which was 4.5% (n = 11) and of descent of presenting part which was 5.9% (n = 14) of the partographs. …”
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“…Based on the above results the researcher suggests to initiate awareness and coordination program with nearest health facility. Hence, there is need for collaborative initiatives in developing intervention strategies that will reduce substance use among adolescents and the youth. …”
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“…After adjusting for sex, age, maternal occupation, WHtR and WHR, participants with excess fat % had 6 times more risk of MetS compared to those with no excess fat%, OR (CI) of 5.88, (1.37,35.4). …”
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“…Interventions to improve survival among the LBW babies should focus on managing deliveries through VE, babies diagnosed with RDS and asphyxia.…”
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“…The main factors for short birth intervals were women who lived in rural settings, women being religious, and women age at first marriage. …”
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