THE EFFICACY OF PERMETHRIN-TREATED BED NETS ON CHILD MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY IN WESTERN KENYA I. DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND DESCRIPTION OF STUDY SITE

Maternal Diabetes is one of the most common metabolic disorders resulting an increased risk of abnormalities in the developing fetus and offspring. It is estimated that the prevalence of diabetes during pregnancy among women in developing countries is approximately 4.5 percent and this range varies between 1 to 14 percent in different societies. According to earlier studies, diabetes during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of maternal and child mortality and morbidity as well as major congenital anomalies including central nervous system (CNS) in their offspring. Multiple lines of evidence have suggested that infants of diabetic women are at risk of having neurodevelopmental sequelae. Previous studies reveal that the offspring of diabetic mothers exhibit disturbances in behavioral and intellectual functioning. In the examination of cognitive functioning, a poorer performance was observed in the children born to diabetic mothers when compared with the children of non-diabetic mothers. Therefore, it is important to study the possible effects of maternal diabetes on the hippocampus of these infants.

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Comparing ownership and use of bed nets at two sites with differential malaria transmission in western Kenya

Malaria Journal ◽

10.1186/s12936-016-1262-1 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Kacey C. Ernst ◽

Mary H. Hayden ◽

Heather Olsen ◽

Jamie L. Cavanaugh ◽

Irene Ruberto ◽

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Keyword(s):

Malaria Transmission ◽

Bed Nets ◽

Western Kenya

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Estimated disability-adjusted life years averted by free-of-charge provision of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system over a 9-year period in Brazil

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care ◽

10.1136/jfprhc-2016-101569 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 43 (3) ◽

pp. 181-185 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Jessica M Ferreira ◽

Ilza Monteiro ◽

Arlete Fernandes ◽

Maria V Bahamondes ◽

Ana Pitoli ◽

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Keyword(s):

Maternal Mortality ◽

Child Mortality ◽

Low Income ◽

Teaching Hospitals ◽

Disability Adjusted Life Years ◽

Mortality And Morbidity ◽

Live Births ◽

Disability Adjusted Life ◽

Life Years ◽

Maternal Mortality And Morbidity

BackgroundThe objective was to analyse the contribution of the provision at no cost to users of the 20 µg/day levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) towards disability-adjusted life years (DALY) averted over a 9-year period.MethodsWe analysed data from 15 030 new users of the LNG-IUS who had the device inserted at 26 Brazilian teaching hospitals between January 2007 and December 2015. The devices came from the International Contraceptive Access Foundation (ICA), a not-for-profit foundation that donates the devices to developing countries for use by low-income women who desire long-term contraception and who freely choose to use this device. Estimation of the DALY averted included live births averted, maternal morbidity and mortality, child mortality and unsafe abortions averted.ResultsA total of 15 030 women chose the LNG-IUS as a contraceptive method during the study period. Over the 9 years of evaluation, the estimated cumulative contribution of the Brazilian program in terms of DALY averted consisted of 486 live births, 14 cases of combined maternal mortality and morbidity, 143 cases of child mortality and 410 unsafe abortions.ConclusionsProvision of the LNG-IUS at no cost to low-income Brazilian women reduced unwanted pregnancies and probably averted maternal mortality and morbidity, child mortality and unsafe abortions. Family planning programs, policymakers and stakeholders based in low-resource settings could take advantage of the information that the provision of this contraceptive at no cost, or at affordable cost to a publicly-insured population, is an effective policy to help promote women’s health.

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