Low birthweight at Kasaji Hospital, Zaire

Newby, Rachel; Lovel, Hermione

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(95)92513-9

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“…In our study, the proportion of preterm delivery in the three health structures surveyed was 57.7% (Table 4). This rate is lower than those reported by Unicef [4] for Middle Eastern and developing countries [5] where low birth weight rates remain high. Low-birth-weight newborns predominate in our series at 42.3%, which is relatively high compared to other Tunisian works and higher compared to foreign series where premature babies predominate.…”

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Influence of Work of Pregnant Women on Preterm Delivery: Case of Gécamines/Sud, Sendwe and Katuba Hospitals

Adelard¹,

Aline²,

Narcisse³

2018

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The present study was an analytical referential case. It focused on 142 women giving birth and aimed to determine the proportion of preterm delivery among working women as well as the risk of giving birth prematurely as a hard-working woman. The results showed that the proportion of prematurity among working women was 89% with a risk of 6.2 times more than giving birth before term. This risk was exacerbated by malaria in pregnancy, urogenital infections and gestational diabetes.

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Influence of Work of Pregnant Women on Preterm Delivery: Case of Gécamines/Sud, Sendwe and Katuba Hospitals

Adelard¹,

Aline²,

Narcisse³

2018

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Physical growth of children under five years of age in Nchelenge, Zambia: Results from a district survey

Gernaat¹,

Dechering

Voorhoeve

1996

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

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This study focuses on the physical growth of children aged 0-60 months in Nchelenge District, northeast Zambia. By means of a two-stage clustered and random sampling method, 193 households were selected. Weight, height, and mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) of children 0-60 months were measured. Underweight, stunting, and wasting were defined as weight for age, height for age, and weight for height (W/H), respectively, < or = 2 z scores below the median of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reference population. Among 250 children, prevalence rates of 30% underweight, 69.2% stunting, and 4.4% wasting were found, with the highest rates at age 12- < 24 months. Prevalence of stunting, underweight, and wasting in children aged 0- < 6 months and 6- < 12 months suggested that a substantial proportion of infants were premature and/or small for gestational age. The literature suggests that prematurity and intrauterine growth retardation may be quite common in Africa, and this may have important implications for the interpretation of growth data and under nutrition rates. Use of the MUAC < 125 mm as an indicator of wasting resulted in higher estimates of wasting compared to W/H < or = -2 z scores, and seemed unsuitable as a screening test for wasting in this Zambian population.

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