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Hiv/Aids And Pregnancy-Related Deaths In Blantyre, Malawi, V. M. Lema, C. Kanyighe, J. Changole, E. V. Malunga
Hiv/Aids And Pregnancy-Related Deaths In Blantyre, Malawi, V. M. Lema, C. Kanyighe, J. Changole, E. V. Malunga
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, East Africa
Background: HIV/AIDS epidemic is one of the major factors affecting women’s health and impeding national efforts to improve it especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Current evidence indicates that HIV/ AIDS is increasingly becoming a major cause or contributing factor to pregnancy-related deaths, almost overtaking the “traditional” causes and factors.
Objectives: To survey the contribution of HIV infection and AIDS to pregnancy-related deaths in Blantyre, Malawi.
Design: A retrospective, descriptive, facility-based survey.
Setting: The Queen Elizabeth Central Teaching Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi.
Subjects: All women recorded to have had pregnancy-related deaths between January 1, 1999 and December 31, 2000.
Results: There were …