High rate of maternal death is one of the major public health concerns in Tanzania. Most of maternal deaths are caused by factors attributed to pregnancy, childbirth and poor quality of health services. More than 80% of maternal deaths can be prevented if pregnant women access essential maternity care and assured of skilled attendance at childbirth as well as emergency obstetric care. The objec...

UNLABELLED The Seminar on Adolescent Pregnancy and the First 1000 Days (the Philippine Situation) was held in Metro Manila on September 2013. The objectives were to: 1) describe the current nutrition and health status of Filipino adolescent females, including those pregnant and lactating; 2) discuss existing programs that address their concerns; and 3) identify gaps in existing knowledge and pr...

BACKGROUND Accessible sexual, reproductive, and mental healthcare services are crucial for adolescent health and wellbeing. It has been reported that school-based healthcare (SBHC) has the potential to improve the availability of services particularly for young people who are normally underserved. Locating health services in schools has the potential to reduce transport costs, increase accessib...

background: the 21st century is faced with increase in challenges of urban population and aging. according to statistics, the old population in the world and in iran is increasing. obviously, their health promotion is the concern of the community and achieving it requires purposeful planning. being healthy means to feel good in social, mental, and physical dimensions (definition by the world he...

While there has been increased attention to youth-friendly reproductive health services, little research has been conducted among adolescents in developing countries to assess what characteristics of reproductive health services are most important to them. Large scale population-based surveys were carried out among youth in Kenya and Zimbabwe. A list of characteristics that programmers often th...

This literature review was conducted systematically to identify the gap in knowledge and practice related provision of sexual health adolescents worldwide. The search limited peer-reviewed articles published between 2002 2018. Thirty-two relevant were identified reviewed for quality assessment by using Hawker critical appraisal tool. studies Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania, United States America ...