Ensuring high vaccination coverage is a priority for public health programs recom- 35 mended by the World Health Organization (WHO).1 However, vaccination coverage and timeliness have remained suboptimal in developing ...

Background Vitamin A deficiency is highly prevalent in low-income countries and is a major public health problem worldwide. Lactating mothers are the most vulnerable population group to vitamin A deficiency. Despite ...

The foramen magnum (FM) is the largest opening and is outlet through which medulla oblongata and spinal cord along with meninges, vertebral arteries, anterior and posterior spinal arteries, tectorial membrane, alar ...

Background: An emergency cesarean section requires prompt delivery to reduce the risk for a pregnant woman or newborn. Studies have been conducted to investigate the relationship between decision-to-delivery time and ...

Background: Colostrum is, yellowish, sticky breast milk produced in late pregnancy. Worldwide annually 60% of 10.9 million under- five deaths is due to malnutrition and over twothird of the death is due to suboptimal feeding ...

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging respiratory infection, and the crisis has become a worldwide issue, and society has become concerned in various aspects. Good information exposure related ...

Background Maternity continuum of care is a model of integrated components of maternal health service from pregnancy to the post-partum period to improve maternal, neonatal and child health. In Ethiopia, the magnitude ...

The proportion of healthcare providers having good adherence to COVID-19 preventive practices during intrapartum care was 46.1% (95% CI: 41.2, 50.9). Healthcare providers who had job satisfaction (AOR = 3.18; 95% CI: ...

Introduction: Delayed initiation of antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy results in failure to achieve viral suppression before delivery which in turn increases mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Previous studies ...

uberculosis (TB) is still a public health problem and amongst the top 10 leading causes of death. The objective of this study is to analyze the survival time of TB patients and identify the risk factors that influence ...