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What data do we have regarding GBS? Group B Streptococcus (GBS; Streptococcus agalactiae) is a leading cause of infant sepsis and meningitis. First systematic estimates of the worldwide GBS burden (presented in a recent publication series in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017 Vol 65) have identified priority data gaps. Such gaps...
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For Reshman Khatoon, getting professional medical treatment is a luxury. A 25-year-old stay-at-home mother from a small village in Khairpur District, Pakistan, she and her three children live off her husband’s meager daily wages. Although he works long, hard hours, the money he earns is barely enough to support them....
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On May 15, we mark Hyperemesis Gravidarum International Awareness Day. Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) is currently a topic that is relatively unexplored in global maternal health forums. However, this pregnancy complication merits attention because of the host of dangers it presents to both mothers and newborns. Below I will provide a...
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The following typical anecdote served as the urgent impetus to develop a strategy to reduce premature infant mortality in Tanzania, a low resource country. Rounding in a newborn intensive care area where babies are not routinely monitored (see Picture 1), the care team came upon a 30 week premature infant...
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Midwife Nancy Tibejuba’s baptism of fire into midwifery came in early 2017, hardly two months after transiting from a small private clinic into a hospital setting, writes Kakaire Ayub Kirunda. But just a little over a month after being employed at St Francis Hospital Buluba in Mayuge District in Eastern...
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