Cambodia faces major challenges in its effort to provide access to health care for all. Although there is a sharp improvement in health and health care in Cambodia, 6 in 10 women still deliver at home assisted by unskilled birth attendants. This practice is associated with higher maternal and infant deaths. This article analyzes the 2005 Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey data to examine th...

in order to determine the exact birth rate and also percent of birth - orders in all births in the province of west azerbaijan, all centres of birth registration in the province were asked to fill a questionnaire at the time of issuing identity document for children. in the questionnaire, parents were asked to mention the place of birth, sex and birth order of the children and also the occupati...

Numerous are the publications dealing with contraceptive efficacy, and even more numerous are statistical details. Such interest in efficacy does not come as a surprise as for most women and their care providers interested in birth control or family planning, efficacy of contraceptive methods together with safety are the primary concerns. Interestingly enough precisely this highly important iss...

Four decades after the civil rights revolution began with the Supreme Court’s unanimous 1954 school desegregation decision, Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court reversed itself in the 1990s, authorizing school districts to return to segregated and unequal public schools.... The new policies refl ected the victory of the conservative movement that altered the federal courts and turned ...

BACKGROUND We report population-based data on still birth, induced abortion and miscarriage from the Indian state of Bihar to assess the magnitude of the problem and to inform corrective action. METHODS A representative sample of women from all districts of Bihar with a pregnancy outcome in the last 12 months was obtained through multistage sampling in early 2012. Still birth rate was calcula...

Background: Metabolic bone diseases (MBD), including rickets and osteopenia, are important neonatal complications among preterm infants. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of MBD in neonates with very low birth weight (VLBW). Methods: This prospective study was conducted on VLBW infants from January 2012 to July 2013. Inclusion criteria were birth weight of ≤1500 g a...