Could circRNA be a new biomarker for pre‐eclampsia?

R Shafabakhsh, N Mirhosseini… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Pre‐eclampsia is a devastating complication of pregnancy which is characterized by
hypertension and proteinuria in pregnant women. Pre‐eclampsia is important as it is the …

Morbilidad materna extrema y mortalidad en un hospital regional de Sudáfrica

J Hernández-Núñez, O Au-Fonseca - Revista chilena de obstetricia y …, 2019 - SciELO Chile
Objetivo Caracterizar la morbilidad materna extrema y la mortalidad materna en un hospital
regional de Sudáfrica. Método Estudio descriptivo transversal en el Hospital Tshilidzini de …

[PDF][PDF] Examining the unintended consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on public sector health facility visits: the first 150 days

R Burger, C Day, N Deghaye, L Nkonki… - … ://cramsurvey. org/wp …, 2020 - cramsurvey.org
This paper considers how access to public sector healthcare in South Africa have been
affected by the COVID-19 pandemic using three sources of evidence: the NIDS-CRAM …

Reflections on digital maternal and child health support for mothers and community health workers in rural areas of Limpopo Province, South Africa

L Muthelo, MO Mbombi, MA Bopape… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Introduction: Digital health support using mobile and digital technologies, such as
MomConnect and WhatsApp, is providing opportunities to improve maternal and child …

Combining the theory of change and realist evaluation approaches to elicit an initial program theory of the MomConnect program in South Africa

EM Kabongo, FC Mukumbang, P Delobelle… - BMC Medical research …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background One of the Sustainable Development Goals is to reduce the global
maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030. In South Africa, the …

Factors associated with choice of home birth as place of delivery among women of reproductive age in South Africa

ME Akokuwebe, ES Idemudia - African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2023 - ajol.info
A growing prevalence of home births has been reported, yet factors predicting this
prevalence have not been adequately investigated in South Africa. Using the 2016 South …

Multidrug-resistant bacterial infections among very low birthweight infants with late-onset sepsis in Johannesburg, South Africa

G Licona, D Ballot, TD Moon, R Banerjee… - Open Forum …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background An estimated 2.4 million babies died within the first 28 days of life in 2020. The
third leading cause of neonatal death continues to be neonatal sepsis. Sepsis-causing …

COVID-19 onset reduced the sex ratio at birth in South Africa

G Masukume, M Ryan, R Masukume, D Zammit… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Background The sex ratio at birth (defined as male/(male+ female) live births) is anticipated
to approximate 0.510 with a slight male excess. This ratio has been observed to decrease …

Understanding the influence of the MomConnect programme on antenatal and postnatal care service utilisation in two south African provinces: a realist evaluation …

EM Kabongo, FC Mukumbang, P Delobelle, E Nicol - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Timely antenatal care (ANC) and postnatal care (PNC) attendance decrease
maternal and child mortality by improving maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes …

Migration and first-year maternal mortality among HIV-positive postpartum women: A population-based longitudinal study in rural South Africa

HY Kim, A Dobra, F Tanser - PLoS medicine, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background In South Africa, within-country migration is common. Mobility affects many of the
factors in the pathway for entry to or retention in care among people living with HIV. We …