“Author Archive”
By GHHub
Model-based estimates of the global proportions of maternal deaths that are in HIV-infected women range from 7% to 21%, and the effects of HIV on the risk of maternal death is highly uncertain. We used longitudinal data from the Analysing Longitudinal Population-based HIV/AIDS data on Africa (ALPHA) network to estimate the excess mortality associated with [...]
May 17th, 2013 | Posted in HIV/AIDS,Infectious Disease,Journal Watch,Maternal & Reproductive Health,Women & Children | Read More »
By GHHub
Maternal and neonatal mortality rates remain high in many low-income and middle-income countries. Different approaches for the improvement of birth outcomes have been used in community-based interventions, with heterogeneous effects on survival. We assessed the effects of women’s groups practising participatory learning and action, compared with usual care, on birth outcomes in low-resource settings. via [...]
May 17th, 2013 | Posted in Infant & Child Health,Journal Watch,Maternal & Reproductive Health,Women & Children | Read More »
By GHHub
Women’s groups and health education by peer counsellors can improve the health of mothers and children. We assessed their effects on mortality and breastfeeding rates in rural Malawi. via Effect of women’s groups and volunteer peer counselling on rates of mortality, morbidity, and health behaviours in mothers and children in rural Malawi (MaiMwana): a factorial, [...]
May 17th, 2013 | Posted in Infant & Child Health,Journal Watch,Maternal & Reproductive Health,Women & Children | Read More »
By GHHub
Nigerian officials hope that new measures to improve health care for women will bring down the country’s high maternal mortality rate. via Nigeria aims to boost fight against maternal mortality : The Lancet.
May 17th, 2013 | Posted in Journal Watch,Maternal & Reproductive Health,Women & Children | Read More »
By GHHub
Health workers are awaiting the outcome of a Supreme Court hearing, which will decide if the Philippines can finally implement comprehensive reproductive health services. via Reproductive health on hold in the Philippines : The Lancet.
May 17th, 2013 | Posted in Featured Content,Journal Watch,Women & Children | Read More »
By GHHub
There are few signs of women’s health improving in Egypt under the Muslim Brotherhood’s rule, with some observers fearing a worsening of rights and attitudes. via Women’s health challenges in post-revolutionary Egypt : The Lancet.
May 17th, 2013 | Posted in Featured Content,Journal Watch,Women & Children | Read More »
By GHHub
In the past 30 years, reduction of maternal mortality has been a prominent focus in global public health. Improvements in women’s reproductive health and antenatal and obstetric services mean that Millennium Development Goal 5 (target A of which aims to reduce maternal mortality by 75% between 1990 and 2015) has come within sight in many [...]
May 17th, 2013 | Posted in Featured Content,HIV/AIDS,Infectious Disease,Journal Watch,Maternal & Reproductive Health,Women & Children | Read More »
By GHHub
The rebirth of family planning is well underway and could not be more important or timely, as countries worldwide work towards implementation of international human rights agreements and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. However, as reported in The Lancet by Alkema and colleagues and, in this issue, by Jacqueline Darroch and Susheela Singh, unmet [...]
May 17th, 2013 | Posted in Family planning,Journal Watch,Women & Children | Read More »
By GHHub
Millennium Development Goal 5 sets the ambitious goal of a 75% reduction in maternal mortality worldwide by 2015. Although some progress has been made, the risks from childbearing remain unacceptably high: an estimated 287 000 maternal deaths occurred in 2010, almost all of which were in developing countries. Moreover, maternal deaths are just the tip of [...]
May 17th, 2013 | Posted in Featured Content,Journal Watch,Maternal & Reproductive Health,Women & Children | Read More »
By GHHub
The third Women Deliver conference, on May 28—30, 2013, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, marks a new chapter for maternal health in Malaysia and worldwide. We have witnessed national maternal mortality rates in Malaysia decrease from 540 per 100 000 livebirths in 1957 to just 28 in 2010. The percentage of women delivering in national institutional settings [...]
May 17th, 2013 | Posted in Featured Content,Journal Watch,Maternal & Reproductive Health,Women & Children | Read More »
By GHHub
Nearly half of Americans who test positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with an initial antibody test do not receive the follow-up RNA testing that is necessary to show whether they have recovered or have an ongoing infection. If left untreated, ongoing infection could lead to serious liver disease and death. This worrying finding [...]
May 17th, 2013 | Posted in Featured Content,Hub Selects,Infectious Disease,Journal Watch | Read More »
By GHHub
Up to 20 percent of children in the United States suffer from a mental disorder, and the number of kids diagnosed with one has been rising for more than a decade, according to a report released on Thursday by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. via Up to 1 in 5 children suffer [...]
May 17th, 2013 | Posted in Mental Health,Noncommunicable Disease | Read More »
By GHHub
Neuroscientist Patrik Verstreken of VIB (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) and KU Leuven has shown for the first time that dysfunctional mitochondria in brain cells can lead to learning disabilities. The link between dysfunctional mitochondria and Parkinson’s disease is known, but this new research shows that it is also present in other brain disorders. via Faulty [...]
May 17th, 2013 | Posted in Journal Watch,Noncommunicable Disease | Read More »
By GHHub
Fertility specialists have developed a radical technique that can boost the chances of IVF couples having a healthy baby. via IVF could be revolutionised by new technique, says clinic | Society | The Guardian.
May 17th, 2013 | Posted in Featured Content,Women & Children | Read More »
