A5028603786- Global Maternal and Child Health
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
- HIV-related health complications and treatments
- Cleft Lip and Palate Research
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Folate and B Vitamins Research
- Global Health and Epidemiology
- Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2022-2025
Introduction: We assessed the risk of adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes defects among women living with HIV (WLHIV) on antiretroviral therapy (ART) HIV-negative women. Methods: analyzed data live births, stillbirths, spontaneous abortions during 2015–2021 from a hospital-based surveillance system in Kampala, Uganda. ART regimens were recorded hospital records maternal self-reports. Using log-binomial regression model, we compared prevalence 16 major external other WLHIV Results: A total...
Adverse birth outcomes (ABOs) cause significant infant morbidity and mortality in resource-limited settings. Many of the maternal risk factors associated with ABOs can be prevented. We present prevalence, trends, selected from a hospital-based defects surveillance program Kampala, Uganda. analyzed data for all mothers singleton deliveries collected four urban hospitals between 2015 2022. Prevalence preterm [PTB], low weight [LBW], small gestational age [SGA], stillbirth [SB] HIV...
Sustainable birth defects surveillance systems provide countries with estimates of the prevalence to guide prevention, care activities, and evaluate interventions. We used free open-source software (Open Data Kit) implement an electronic system collect data for a hospital-based at four major hospitals in Kampala, Uganda. describe establishment, successes, challenges, lessons learned from using mobile tablets capture photographs. After intensive training, midwives collected Android inbuilt...
Abstract Background Limited diagnostic capabilities, resources and health worker skills have deterred the advancement of birth defects surveillance systems in most low- middle-income countries (LMICs). Empowering workers to identify diagnose major external (BDs) is crucial establishing effective hospital-based BD surveillance. Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University (MU-JHU) Research Collaboration Surveillance System consists three levels: (1) midwives, (2) MU-JHU clinical team, (3)...