Ante-natal Care

Prevalence and Pattern of Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) Infection Among Ante-natal Clients in Imo State University Teaching Hospital (IMSUTH), Orlu: A 5-Year Retrospective Study (2009 to 2013)

Human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infection is a pandemic, even among pregnant women. It has no cure and so, great importance should be placed on care and support for the sufferer. There is an increasing concern and desire to curb the high incidence of mother to child transmission (MTCT) in Nigeria. Therefore, this study aimed at determining the prevalence and pattern of HIV infection at Imo ...

Some Practical Aspects of Ante-Natal Care *Read 12th May 1926.

are saved, which would not have been, had no ante-natal care been bestowed on the pregnant mother. Assuredly this is of the greatest importance, not only personally for the patient and her child but also socially for the country, which is being faced at present with a declining birth-rate, and thus everything possible should be done to aid the pregnant woman and her unborn child. This has not o...

Ante-Natal Care

The Management of Some Obstetric Emergencies *A paper read before the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society, 11th January, 1939.

In recent years increasing stress lias been laid by speakers and writers 011 the importance of ante-natal care in the preventive aspect of obstetrics, and it has come to be believed that by such means the great majority of obstetric emergencies can be avoided. That this is not fact has been the cause of many discussions on such subjects as " Why are we dissatisfied with the results of ante-nata...

Regular Antenatal Care Visits Predict Good Knowledge Among Post-natal Mothers Regarding Entitlements of Health Programs in Western India

Janani-Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) and Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) were launched with the objective of increasing institutional deliveries. But, its knowledge among the post-natal mothers is not known. This research evaluated the knowledge of two national health programs among post-natal mothers and found out the predictors of good knowledge about the entitlements...

Microbial aetiology and sensitivity of asymptomatic bacteriuria among ante-natal mothers in Mulago hospital, Uganda.

BACKGROUND Asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy is associated with potential urinary and obstetric complications. However the prevalence aetiology and antimicrobial sensitivity patterns of asymptomatic bacteriurea among women attending ante-natal care in our Hospital is not known. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and identify the aetiological agents associated with asymptomatic bacteriu...