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Maternal and neonatal outcomes after caesarean delivery in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study.
(Elsevier, 2019-04-07)BACKGROUND: Maternal and neonatal mortality is high in Africa, but few large, prospective studies have been done to investigate the risk factors associated with these poor maternal and neonatal outcomes. METHODS: A ... -
Maternal and perinatal health research priorities beyond 2015: an international survey and prioritization exercise.
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)Maternal mortality has declined by nearly half since 1990, but over a quarter million women still die every year of causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Maternal-health related targets are falling short of the 2015 ... -
Maternal anthropometry as a risk predictor of pregnancy outcome: the Nutrition CRSP in Kenya
(Department of Paediatrics, University of Nairobi, Kenya.University of California Los Angeles, School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA., 1995)A longitudinal study on food intake and human function in three countries, within the Nutrition Collaborative Research and Support Program (CRSP), enabled us to follow 247 Embu households in rural Kenya. Food intake, ... -
Maternal gonococcal infection as a preventable risk factor for low birth weight.
(Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CanadaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 1990)With the objective of determining if specific sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are associated with prematurity (birth weight less than or equal to 2500 g and gestational age less than or equal to 36 weeks), a case-control ... -
Maternal highly active antiretroviral therapy reduces vertical cytomegalovirus transmission but does not reduce breast milk cytomegalovirus levels.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)To evaluate the impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on CMV transmission and breast milk level in the context of maternal HIV. Specimens from a randomized trial conducted in Nairobi, Kenya between 2003-2005 ... -
Maternal HIV-1 disease progression 18-24 months postdelivery according to antiretroviral prophylaxis regimen (triple-antiretroviral prophylaxis during pregnancy and breastfeeding vs zidovudine/single-dose nevirapine prophylaxis): The Kesho Bora randomized controlled trial
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 2012-08)BACKGROUND: Antiretroviral (ARV) prophylaxis effectively reduces mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV). However, it is unclear whether stopping ARVs after breastfeeding cessation ... -
Maternal HLA homozygosity and mother-child HLA concordance increase the risk of vertical transmission of HIV-1.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Univeristy of Nairobi, KenyaDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle 98104, USA., 2008-04)BACKGROUND: Mother-child human leukocyte antigen (HLA) concordance and maternal HLA homozygosity may increase the risk of vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) risk by reducing infant immune ... -
Maternal human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection and pregnancy outcome.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Microbiology, 1994-04)OBJECTIVE: To study the impact of maternal human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection on pregnancy outcome. METHODS: Between January 1989 and December 1991, 406 HIV-1-seropositive and 407 HIV-1-seronegative ... -
Maternal Human Leukocyte Antigen - A*2301 Is Associated with Increased Mother-to-Child HIV-1 Transmission
(Department of Paediatrics, 2010)We examined associations between maternal HLA and vertical HIV-1 transmission in a perinatal cohort of 277 HIV-infected women in Nairobi. HLA class I genes were amplified using sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes and ... -
Maternal hypotension and neonatal acidemia during Caeserean delivery under spinal anaesthesia
(College of Health sciences, 2012)Objectives: To determine the incidence of neonatal acidaemia following delivery through caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia and determine the prevalence of maternal hypotension during Caesarean section under spinal ... -
Maternal Infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: No correlation with Neonata Malformation.Paed. Infect. Dis J
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Maternal Knowledge Associated with the Prevalence of Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation Among Pregnant Women in Muntinlupa, Philippines: A Cross-Sectional Study
(University of Nairobi, 2021-03)Purpose: The World Health Organization advocates that all pregnant women in areas where anemia is prevalent receive supplements of iron and folic acid. However, owing to a myriad of factors, the uptake of iron and folic ... -
Maternal levels of alpha-fetoprotein in African women
(University of Nairobi.Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1991-08)In a prospective and cross-sectional study, 147 serum samples from normal antenatal indigenous Kenyan women were analysed for alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) concentrations between 8 and 28 weeks gestation. There was progressive ... -
Maternal Morbidity and Mortality at Garissa Provincial Hospital, 3 year retrospective Survey.
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Maternal morbidity in the first year after childbirth in Mombasa Kenya; a needs assessment
(College of health sciences,University of Nairobi, 2009)BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa, few services specifically address the needs of women in the first year after childbirth. By assessing the health status of women in this period, key interventions to improve maternal ... -
Maternal mortality in eastern Africa.
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, 1992)No abstract available -
Maternal mortality in Kenya: the state of health facilities in a rural district.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,Kenya Prevention of Maternal Mortality (KPMM) Network, c/o Kisumu Medical and Educational Trust,, 2001)BACKGROUND: This study was formulated from the premise that the known causes of maternal mortality, namely haemorrhage, sepsis, obstructed labour and abortion belie the more fundamental development problems that influence ... -
Maternal mortality--Pumwani Maternity Hospital--1975-1984
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1987)The study is purpose was to identify the avoidable factors responsible for the high maternal mortality in the Pumwani Maternity Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya and to determine how the available facilities could be used to ... -
Maternal mortality-Kenyatta National Hospital 1972-1977.
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, 1980)No abstract available. -
Maternal Neutralization-Resistant Virus Variants Do Not Predict Infant HIV Infection Risk
(2016)Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV provides a setting for studying immune correlates of protection. Neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) are suggested to contribute to a viral bottleneck during MTCT, but their role in ...