Delice Gwaze - Reproductive Health in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe - Maternal and neonatal health - Free full text articles
HIV/AIDS in pregnancy and newborn - Maternal and neonatal mortality - Maternal and neonatal nutrition
Maternal and neonatal infections - Antenatal care - Preeclampsia, eclampsia - Labor, delivery, postpartum
Maternal and neonatal mortality
- Robertson L, Gregson S, Madanhire C, Walker N, Mushati P, Garnett G, Nyamukapa C. Discrepancies between UN models and DHS survey estimates of maternal orphan prevalence: insights from analyses of survey data from Zimbabwe [Internet]. Sex Transm Infect 2008 Aug;84 Suppl 1:i57-i62.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2569835/
- Feresu S, Harlow S, Welch K, Gillespie B. Incidence of stillbirth and perinatal mortality and their associated factors among women delivering at Harare Maternity Hospital, Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional retrospective analysis [Internet]. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2005 May;5(1):9.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/5/9
- Stanton C, Hobcraft J, Hill K, Kodjogbé N, Mapeta WT, Munene F, Naghavi M, Rabeza V, Sisouphanthong B, Campbell O. Every death counts: measurement of maternal mortality via a census [Internet]. Bull. World Health Organ 2001;79(7):657-664.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862001000700011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en
Maternal and neonatal nutrition
- Miller MF, Stoltzfus RJ, Iliff PJ, Malaba LC, Mbuya NV, Humphrey JH. Effect of maternal and neonatal vitamin A supplementation and other postnatal factors on anemia in Zimbabwean infants: a prospective, randomized study [Internet]. Am. J. Clin. Nutr 2006 Jul;84(1):212-222.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/84/1/212
- Friis H, Gomo E, Nyazema N, Ndhlovu P, Krarup H, Kaestel P, Michaelsen KF. Effect of multimicronutrient supplementation on gestational length and birth size: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind effectiveness trial in Zimbabwe [Internet]. Am. J. Clin. Nutr 2004 Jul;80(1):178-184.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/80/1/178
- Friis H, Gomo E, Kaestel P, Nyazema N, Ndhlovu P, Michaelsen KF. Does the first pregnancy precipitate age-related fat deposition? [Internet]. Int. J. Obes. Relat. Metab. Disord 2002 Sep;26(9):1274-1276.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v26/n9/full/0802074a.html
- Ncube TN, Greiner T, Malaba LC, Gebre-Medhin M. Supplementing lactating women with puréed papaya and grated carrots improved vitamin A status in a placebo-controlled trial [Internet]. J. Nutr 2001 May;131(5):1497-1502.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/131/5/1497
- Ncube TN, Malaba L, Greiner T, Gebre-Medhin M. Evidence of grave vitamin A deficiency among lactating women in the semi-arid rural area of Makhaza in Zimbabwe. A population-based study [Internet]. Eur J Clin Nutr 2001 Apr;55(4):229-234.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/v55/n4/pdf/1601138a.pdf
- Mahomed K, James DK, Golding J, McCabe R. Zinc supplementation during pregnancy: a double blind randomised controlled trial [Internet]. BMJ 1989 Sep;299(6703):826-830.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1837690/
Maternal and neonatal infections
- Thinkhamrop J, Limpongsanurak S, Festin MR, Daly S, Schuchat A, Lumbiganon P, Zell E, Chipato T, Win AA, Perilla MJ, Tolosa JE, Whitney CG. Infections in international pregnancy study: performance of the optical immunoassay test for detection of group B streptococcus [Internet]. J. Clin. Microbiol 2003 Nov;41(11):5288-5290.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://jcm.asm.org/cgi/content/full/41/11/5288
- Moyo SR, Maeland JA, Bergh K. Typing of human isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus, GBS) strains from Zimbabwe [Internet]. J. Med. Microbiol 2002 Jul;51(7):595-600.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://jmm.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/51/7/595
- Moyo SR, Maeland JA, Mudzori J. Antibodies against Streptococcus agalactiae proteins c(alpha) and R4 in sera from pregnant women from Norway and Zimbabwe [Internet]. Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol 2001 Nov;8(6):1110-1114.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://cvi.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/6/1110
- Chawla V, Pandit PB, Nkrumah FK. Congenital syphilis in the newborn [Internet]. Arch. Dis. Child 1988 Nov;63(11):1393-1394.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779140/
- Mathole T, Lindmark G, Ahlberg BM. Dilemmas and paradoxes in providing and changing antenatal care: a study of nurses and midwives in rural Zimbabwe [Internet]. Health Policy Plan 2005 Nov;20(6):385-393.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/20/6/385
- Tsu VD. Antenatal screening: its use in assessing obstetric risk factors in Zimbabwe [Internet]. J Epidemiol Community Health 1994 Jun;48(3):297-305.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1059963/
- Mahomed K, Williams MA, King IB, Mudzamiri S, Woelk GB. Erythrocyte omega-3, omega-6 and trans fatty acids in relation to risk of preeclampsia among women delivering at Harare Maternity Hospital, Zimbabwe [Internet]. Physiol Res 2007;56(1):37-50.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://www.biomed.cas.cz/physiolres/pdf/56/56_37.pdf
- Sevene E, Lewin S, Mariano A, Woelk G, Oxman AD, Matinhure S, Cliff J, Fernandes B, Daniels K. System and market failures: the unavailability of magnesium sulphate for the treatment of eclampsia and pre-eclampsia in Mozambique and Zimbabwe [Internet]. BMJ 2005 Oct;331(7519):765-769.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1239984/
- Muy-Rivera M, Vadachkoria S, Woelk GB, Qiu C, Mahomed K, Williams MA. Maternal plasma VEGF, sVEGF-R1, and PlGF concentrations in preeclamptic and normotensive pregnant Zimbabwean women [Internet]. Physiol Res 2005;54(6):611-622.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://www.biomed.cas.cz/physiolres/pdf/54/54_611.pdf
- Ersdal HL, Verkuyl DAA, Björklund K, Bergström S. Symphysiotomy in Zimbabwe; postoperative outcome, width of the symphysis joint, and knowledge, attitudes and practice among doctors and midwives [Internet]. PLoS ONE 2008;3(10):e3317.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0003317
- Feresu SA, Harlow SD, Woelk GB. Risk factors for prematurity at Harare Maternity Hospital, Zimbabwe [Internet]. Int J Epidemiol 2004 Dec;33(6):1194-1201.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/33/6/1194
- Remez L. Offering a woman sterilization during an emergency cesarean section may sometimes be appropriate [Internet]. Int Fam Plan Perspect 2003 Mar;29(1):52.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/2905203.html
- Nhiwatiwa S, Patel V, Acuda W. Predicting postnatal mental disorder with a screening questionnaire: a prospective cohort study from Zimbabwe [Internet]. J Epidemiol Community Health 1998 Apr;52(4):262-266.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1756703/
- Mahomed K, Nyoni R, Mulambo T, Kasule J, Jacobus E. Randomised controlled trial of intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring [Internet]. BMJ 1994 Feb;308(6927):497-500.[cited 2009 Oct 15] Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2542781/