Both preterm birth and low birth weight (LBW) represent major public health problems
worldwide due to their association with the catastrophic effects of morbidity and mortality …

Introduction: Both malaria and anaemia have adverse effects on maternal and perinatal
outcomes. Thus there is an urgent need to investigate the co-epidemiology of malaria and …

Background In the developing countries millions of women in the reproductive age who don't
use contraceptives prefer to postpone or limit their birth. This indicates their failure to take …

Background Malaria infection during pregnancy can result in placental malaria and is
associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes particularly among primigravidae. The aim of …

Background Reducing the incidence of Low birth weight (LBW) neonates by at least one
third between 2000 and 2010 is one of the major goals of the United Nations resolution" A …

Background Antenatal care is named as one of the four pillars initiatives of the Safe
Motherhood Initiative. While many of routine antenatal care procedure have little effect on …

This study was conducted between April and June 2008 in the labour ward of Elfasher
Hospital in western Sudan to investigate the prevalence of and risk factors for low …

Background Sudan is classified as having insufficient progress in achieving the Millennium
Development Goal (MDG-4), where the levels of child and infant mortality are among the …

The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence and causes of maternal deaths at
Kassala maternity hospital, eastern Sudan during 2005–2009. All maternal deaths during …

Medical files of women delivered at Kassala Hospital, Eastern Sudan in the period of
January–December 2009 were reviewed retrospectively. Out of 4,689 delivered women …