BACKGROUND The transport of pregnant women to an appropriate health facility plays a pivotal role in preventing maternal deaths. In India, state-run call-centre based ambulance systems ('108' and '102'), along with district-level Janani Express and local community-based innovations, provide transport services for pregnant women. We studied the role of '108' ambulance services in transporting pr...

Although studies have assessed male involvement in birth preparedness and complication readiness, little is known about their involvement after the onset of maternal near miss complications. This information is important in developing appropriate strategies for male involvement in accessing emergency obstetric care (EmOC) in order to reduce Uganda’s high maternal mortality ratio. The study exam...

BACKGROUND Obstetric fistula is a worldwide problem that is devastating for women in developing countries. The cardinal cause of obstetric fistula is prolonged obstructed labour and delay in seeking emergency obstetric care. Awareness about obstetric fistula is still low in developing countries. The objective was to assess the awareness about risk factors of obstetric fistulae in rural communit...

BACKGROUND While the impact of abortion complications on clinical outcomes and healthcare costs has been reported, we found no reports of their impact on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), nor the role of social support in moderating such outcomes. In this study, we performed an assessment of the relationship between abortion complications, HRQoL and social support among women in Uganda. ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the impact of inherited thrombophilic factors on the gestational outcome of unselected pregnant women. METHOD A total of 392 women with spontaneous pregnancy were investigated for Factor V Leiden, prothrombin G20210A, and MTHFR C677T mutations. Adverse pregnancy outcomes were recorded. RESULTS Thrombophilic genotypes were significantly higher in women with placental...

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease that usually affects women, with a male:female ratio of 1:4-10. It was thought that there was a prohibitive risk of fatal complications in the pregnancies of patients with SSc. It is now known that the majority of these women undergo a normal progression of pregnancy if the right time is chosen and a close obstetric care is delivered. The ...

To assess coverage and quality of essential obstetric care (EOC) and the appropriateness of using processindicators, a 3-month follow-up study was done in Rufiji district, Tanzania, involving 2 hospitals, 4 health centres, 10 large dispensaries and 10 randomly selected small dispensaries. Data collection was done on process indicators as suggested by UNICEF/WHO/UNFPA (UN) and 'unmet obstetric n...

BACKGROUND This paper reports on a systematic literature review exploring the importance of human resources in the quality of emergency obstetric care and thus in the reduction of maternal deaths. METHODS A systematic search of two electronic databases (ISI Web of Science and MEDLINE) was conducted, based on the following key words "quality obstetric* care" OR "pregnancy complications OR emer...

From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pt B D, Sharma PG Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak , Haryana , India. Corspondence to : Dr Neetu Sangwan, Aastha Hospital, 223/22,Vikas Nagar, Rohtak -124001, Haryana , India. Abstract Neurofibromatosis (NF), a genetic disorder, has increased risk of obstetric complications as well as aggravation of maternal disease. However, here is a case...

Objectives: There is limited research on the potential future psychiatric effects of in utero COVID-19 infection. evidence that infection can lead to obstetric complications and adverse neonatal outcomes. Obstetric neurodevelopmental insults such as viral infections have been implicated development some mental disorders including schizophrenia (SZ). The aim was address possible mechanisms influ...