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Open AccessAntenatal care in rural Bangladesh: current state of costs, content and recommendations for effective service delivery
Measurement of antenatal care (ANC) service coverage is often limited to the number of contacts or type of providers, reflecting a gap in the assessment of quality as well as cost estimations and health impact...
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Open AccessUnintended pregnancy is a risk factor for depressive symptoms among socio-economically disadvantaged women in rural Bangladesh
Little is known about the relation between unwanted pregnancy and intention discordance and maternal mental health in low-income countries. The study aim was to evaluate maternal and paternal pregnancy intenti...
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Risk of Depressive Symptoms Associated with Morbidity in Postpartum Women in Rural Bangladesh
Objectives Depression following pregnancy is common, but its extent and association with maternal morbidity in the first 6 months postpartum have not been well described in low resource s...
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Open AccessEarly newborn ritual foods correlate with delayed breastfeeding initiation in rural Bangladesh
Early and exclusive breastfeeding may improve neonatal survival in low resource settings, but suboptimal breastfeeding still exists in areas with high infant mortality. Prelacteal feeding, the practice of givi...
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Open AccessA novel device for assessing dark adaptation in field settings
Aberrant dark adaptation is common to many ocular diseases and pathophysiological conditions, including vitamin A deficiency, cardiopulmonary diseases, and hypoxia. Scotopic vision and pupillary responsiveness...
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Open AccessPatterns and determinants of care seeking for obstetric complications in rural northwest Bangladesh: analysis from a prospective cohort study
In communities with low rates of institutional delivery, little data exist on care-seeking behavior for potentially life-threatening obstetric complications. In this analysis, we sought to describe care-seekin...
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Open AccessAvailability of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) among public and private health facilities in rural northwest Bangladesh
Although safe motherhood strategies recommend that women seek timely care from health facilities for obstetric complications, few studies have described facility availability of emergency obstetric care (EmOC)...
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Open AccessRisk factors for reported obstetric complications and near misses in rural northwest Bangladesh: analysis from a prospective cohort study
In rural Bangladesh, more than 75% of all births occur at home in the absence of skilled birth attendants. Population-based data are lacking on the burden and risk factors for obstetric complications in settin...
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Open AccessCare-seeking patterns for fatal non-communicable diseases among women of reproductive age in rural northwest Bangladesh
Though non-communicable diseases contribute to an increasing share of the disease burden in South Asia, health systems in most rural communities are ill-equipped to deal with chronic illness. This analysis see...
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Open AccessAccounts of severe acute obstetric complications in Rural Bangladesh
As maternal deaths have decreased worldwide, increasing attention has been placed on the study of severe obstetric complications, such as hemorrhage, eclampsia, and obstructed labor, to identify where improvem...
