OBJECTIVE Rates of vertical HIV transmission between mother and child are low, allowing many HIV positive women to have children with near impunity. In this study, data from the Swiss Mother and Child HIV Cohort Study were used to describe maternal characteristics and their association with pregnancy outcomes in HIV positive women. STUDY DESIGN HIV positive women were followed prospectively d...

ObjectiveTo compare obstetric and perinatal outcomes between pregnancies conceived using in vitro fertilization (IVF) natural of the same women.DesignThis was a case-control study deliveries November 2008 January 2020 which each IVF pregnancy matched to woman (1:1 ratio).SettingUniversity hospital.Patient(s)We included women with consecutive live singleton (>24 weeks gestation) at Edith Wolfson...

Background: Neonatal lupus erythematosus is an uncommon disease. Congenital complete heart block (CCHB) usually happens in neonates with maternal systemic lupus erythematosus. The most prevalent presentation of CCHBis bradycardiathatcanbediagnosed through an electrocardiogram. Case report: Here in, we present the case of a full-term male neonate with gestational age of 37 weeks and birth weigh...

BACKGROUND Poor retention in HIV care of mother-baby pairs remains a public health challenge in the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (eMTCT) of HIV. We determined the rate of non-retention and time to non-retention of mother-baby pairs and associated factors in Gulu district, Northern Uganda. METHODS Mother-baby pairs enrolled into the eMTCT programme at Gulu Regional Referral Hosp...

stress is a word that can be used to explain the way we feel, or it can be used to describe something that happens to someone. for most pregnant woman, pregnancy is a happy and breathtaking time, however, pregnant for some woman can be a source of stress, depression and anxiety. these factors can be risk factors for adverse outcomes for mothers and children. anxiety in pregnancy is associated w...

•Sufficient levels of vitamin D are required during pregnancy to maintain fetal developmental and reduce adverse outcomes in fetus mother.•Maternal reserves dependent supplementation pregnancy, that likely provide beneficial outcomes.•However, recommendations regarding the intake supplementations need be drawn. BackgroundSufficient (25-hydroxyvitamin D, 25(OH)D) fetus/neonates mother. The prese...

We examine how income influences pre-school children’s cognitive and behavioral development, using new data from a birth cohort study of children born at the end of the 20 century. On average, low income children have lower PPVT scores, more mother-reported aggressive, withdrawn, and anxious behavior problems, and also more interviewer-reported problems with behavior, than more affluent childre...

This interactive demo features MIXER, a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) consisting of synthetic characters representing the various actors in a scenario group difference scenario. MIXER creates virtual dramas by using interactive narrative with those characters. The goal is to enable children to identify social rule differences, by interacting with one of the characters to which they become ...