Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are a leading cause of death and disability among women of reproductive age worldwide. About eight hundred women die from pregnancy or childbirth-related complications around ...

The study was on utilization of long acting reversible contraceptives among commercial sex workers aged 15 - 49 years in Nairobi county slums. Long acting reversible contraceptives methods are intrauterine devices and ...

Dealing with violence against women is key for achieving sustainable development goals (SDG) for equality of gender and empowering women and SDGs 3, 4 and 5. Globally, GBV prevalence accounts for 10-35%. In the year 2014, ...

Twenty-one percent of women of childbearing age (WCA) in Kenya are iron deficient. Iron deficiency poses a variety of adverse effects on cognition, quality of life, behaviour, and emotion, and productivity. Tea consumption ...

Self-referral to higher-level health facilities by women in search for skilled birth attendance services shows autonomy of women in the choice of facilities for desired services but can also be a reflection of non-adherence ...

One of the proximal indicators of a prosperous country is the well-being of women. Fifty percent of women who have unsafe abortion need medical attention. Despite this abortion remains a sensitive issue politically and ...

Currently it is estimated that about 10 percent of the world's population experience some form of disability. Across the world, women with disabilities suffer more from poor maternal health outcomes as compared to their ...

In this 21st century, expectant women continue to lose lives during delivery period. Maternal mortality rate has been recorded to be approximately 585000 deaths annually across the world while that of sub-Saharan region ...

According to World Health Organization 358,000 maternal deaths occur annually worldwide with 99% of this deaths occurring in developing countries. Over the years Kenya has recorded poor maternal indicators among them high ...

Reproductive tract infections (RTIS) adversely affect the reproductive health of both women and men. However, the consequences are widespread and devastating among women. Limited information is available about spousal ...