Prenatal anemia control and anemia in children aged 6–23 months in sub-Saharan Africa
It is unclear whether routine prenatal anemia control interventions can reduce anemia risk in young children. This study examines the associations between prenatal iron supplementation and/or deworming and anemia in children aged 6–23 months in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We analyzed data from Demographic and Health Surveys conducted between 2003 and 2014 in 25 SSA countries. The […]
Knowledge of postpartum complications and associated factors among women who gave birth in the last 12 months in Arba Minch Town, Southern Ethiopia, 2019: A communitybased cross-sectional study
Introduction The knowledge of women about obstetric complications can helps them to seek health care earlier before obstetric complications arise. Most maternal deaths occur due to the poor health care seeking behavior after childbirth, but little is done on maternal knowledge of postpartum complications. Therefore this study aimed to assess knowledge of postpartum complications and […]
Factors associated with dietary diversity and length-for-age z-score in rural Ethiopian children aged 6–23 months: A novel approach to the analysis of baseline data from the Sustainable Undernutrition Reduction in Ethiopia evaluation
Infants and young children need diets high in nutrient density and diversity to meet the requirements of rapid growth and development. Our aim was to evaluate sociodemographic, agricultural diversity, and women’s empowerment factors associated with child dietary diversity and length-for-age z-score (LAZ) in children 6–23 months using data collected as part of the Sustainable Undernutrition Reduction […]
Unveiling the black box of diagnostic and clinical decision support systems for antenatal care: Realist evaluation
Background: Digital innovations have shown promise for improving maternal health service delivery. However, low-and middle-income countries are still at the adoption-utilization stage. Evidence on mobile health has been described as a black box, with gaps in theoretical explanations that account for the ecosystem of health care and their effect on adoption mechanisms. Bliss4Midwives, a modular […]
Cord blood hepcidin: Cross-sectional correlates and associations with anemia, malaria, and mortality in a tanzanian birth cohort study
Hepcidin, the master regulator of bioavailable iron, is a key mediator of anemia and also plays a central role in host defense against infection. We hypothesized that measuring hepcidin levels in cord blood could provide an early indication of interindividual differences in iron regulation with quantifiable implications for anemia, malaria, and mortality-related risk. Hepcidin concentrations […]
Prove—pre‐eclampsia obstetric adverse events: Establishment of a biobank and database for pre‐eclampsia
Pre‐eclampsia is a leading cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. The burden of disease lies mainly in low‐middle income countries. The aim of this project is to establish a pre‐eclampsia biobank in South Africa to facilitate research in the field of pre‐eclampsia with a focus on phenotyping severe disease.The approach of our biobank […]
Housing materials as predictors of under-five mortality in Nigeria: Evidence from 2013 demographic and health survey
Background: Nigeria is among countries with high Under-Five Mortality (U5M) rates worldwide. Both maternal and childhood factors have been linked to U5M in the country. However, despite the growing global recognition of the association between housing and quality of life, the role of housing materials as predictors of U5M remain largely unexplored in Nigeria. This […]
Socioeconomic predictors of cognition in Ugandan children: Implications for community interventions
Background: Several interventions to improve cognition in at risk children have been suggested. Identification of key variables predicting cognition is necessary to guide these interventions. This study was conducted to identify these variables in Ugandan children and guide such interventions. Methods: A cohort of 89 healthy children (45 females) aged 5 to 12 years old […]
Postneonatal under-5 mortality in peri-urban and rural Eastern Uganda, 2005-2015
Introduction Community and individual sociodemographic characteristics play an important role in child survival. However, a question remains how urbanisation and demographic changes in sub-Saharan Africa affect community-level determinants for child survival. Methods Longitudinal data from the Iganga/Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site was used to obtain postneonatal under-5 mortality rates between March 2005 and February […]
Different gut microbial profiles in sub-saharan african and south asian women of childbearing age are primarily associated with dietary intakes
Background: To compare and characterize the gut microbiota in women of childbearing age from sub-Saharan Africa (the Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC) and South Asia (India), in relation to dietary intakes. Methods: Women of childbearing age were recruited from rural DRC and India as part of the Women First (WF) preconception maternal nutrition trial. […]
