Field research

Mucunguzi S., Wamani H., Lochoro P., Tylleskar T.
African Journal of Reproductive Health. 2014 September

WHO has estimated approximately 358,000 maternal deaths occurred during pregnancy, childbirth or within 42 hours of birth (2008 data) with a considerable reduction (about 34%) since 1990. However these data are less positive if we look at Sub-Saharan Africa, which accounts for more than half of maternal deaths. Many studies have shown the importance of [...]

Wilunda C., Quaglio G., Putoto G., Lochoro P., Dall'Oglio G., Manenti F., Atzori A., Lochiam R.M., Takahashi R., Mukundwa A., Oyerinde K.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2014 August

With a population that is about 11% of the world population, Sub-Saharan Africa has half of maternal and child deaths. Partly as strategies to meet the Millennium Development Goals (4 and 5), numerous interventions have been implemented to combat mother and infant mortality, with special attention to health services for skilled attendance at birth. Why [...]

Stenberg K., Axelson H., Sheehan P., Anderson I., Gülmezoglu A.M., Temmerman M., Mason E., Friedman H.S., Bhutta Z.A., Lawn J.E., Sweeny K.,Tulloch J., Hansen P., Chopra M., Gupta A., Vogel J.P., Ostergren M., Rasmussen B., Levin C., Boyle C., Kuruvilla S., Koblinsky M., Walker N., de Francisco A., Novcic N., Presern C., Jamison D., Bustreo F., Study Group for the Global Investment Framework for Women's Children's Health
Lancet. 2014 April

The new Global Investment Framework for Women's and Children's Health shows how investing in women’s and children’s health can not only generate positive outcomes in terms of health, but also advance social and economic development. Strengthening health care systems through investments to expand immunization coverage, family planning services, and the treatment of HIV/AIDS and malaria [...]

Wilunda C., Massawe S., Jackson C.
Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2013 December

Anaemia is a widespread global public health problem, one to which women of reproductive age are particularly vulnerable. In Africa 57% of pregnant women are affected by the condition, which is associated with preterm birth, iron deficiency in infants and maternal and infant mortality. The aim of this study was to identify the main determinants of [...]