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Birth

Perceptions and experiences of women and providers on barriers and facilitators of quality emergency obstetric and newborn care services in public hospitals of West Shoa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: A phenomenological qualitative study

Tolera Gudissa Damme, Sileshi Garoma Abeya, Dereje Bayissa Demissie

published 03 Jun 2026

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The supportive care needs of Iranian couples during postpartum hospitalization: A protocol of design, implementation and evaluation of intervention

Zahra Rastad, Shirin Shahbazi Sighaldeh, Zahra Behboodi Moghadam, Shahla Faal Siahkal, Elham Ebrahimi

published 03 Jun 2026

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Effectiveness of Forum Play to promote respectful maternity care: A pilot intervention investigating self-reported perception and behaviour among care providers in urban Nepal

Narayani Paudel Ghimire, Pranab Dahal, Sunil Kumar Joshi, Katarina Swahnberg

published 03 Jun 2026

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Antenatal education for labour and postpartum pain: A scoping review of content, delivery approaches, evidence gaps, and lived experiences

Elliot Sloyan, Elizabeth Leddy, Carol Clark, Sinéad Dufour, Rosie Harper, Alex Dunford, Ömer Elma

published 03 Jun 2026

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Tokophobia and associated factors in pregnancy: A community-based cross-sectional survey

Adeniyi Abiodun Adewunmi, Lateef Adekunle Akinola, Ayokunle Moses Olumodeji, Gideon Ntieno Inyangudo, Tawaqualit Abimbola Ottun, Abiodun Samuel Adegoke, Justina Ucheojor Onwuka, Bolanle Adeyemi Ola

published 02 Jun 2026

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Economic evaluation of sterilization reversal in infertility treatment: A systematic review

Brandon Chongthanadon, Suvijak Untaaveesup, Chayanis Kositamongkol, Pochamana Phisalprapa, Krasean Panyakhamlerd, Vitaya Titapant

published 01 Jun 2026

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Facility staff perspectives on the implementation of Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response in six health facilities in Kigoma, Tanzania

Sarah Huber-Krum, Sarah Hartley, Patricia Spencer, Lauren Galioto, Abdulaziz Msuya, Florina Serbanescu

published 01 Jun 2026

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Detection of placenta accreta spectrum and prediction of adverse perinatal outcomes in pregnant women with placenta previa using ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging: A retrospective cohort study

Suhra Kim, Yun Ji Jung, Hyun-Soo Zhang, Ju-hee Yoon, Seowon Choi, Hayan Kwon, Ja-Young Kwon, Young-Han Kim, JoonHo Lee

published 29 May 2026

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Postpartum depression as the main predictor of impaired mother- infant bonding: A prospective study in a low-risk obstetric and neonatal cohort

Marielle Ribeiro Feitosa, Saint Clair Gomes Júnior, Emanuella Carneiro Melo, Antonio Brazil Viana Júnior, Paulo César de Almeida, Fernanda Rebelo

published 29 May 2026

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Contraceptive uptake and characteristics in the immediate postpartum period among women attending Tygerberg Academic Hospital

Denise Sproul, Michael McCaul, Gerhard Hanekom

published 28 May 2026

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Determinants of maternal postnatal care utilization in Bangladesh: A machine learning and SHAP-based analysis of BDHS 2022 data

Amartay Kumar Dhar, Sharmin Akther, Farhana Akter Bina

published 26 May 2026

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Viral dsRNA triggers human fetal membrane miR-146a-3p to be packaged into small extracellular vesicles which in turn drives inflammation through activation of Toll-like Receptor 7 and 8

Hanah M. Georges, Abigail C. Fischer, Paloma Casanova, Vikki M. Abrahams

published 26 May 2026

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Birth in shelters: Midwives’ lived experiences in providing childbirth care amidst war in Gaza

Sahar Hassan, Suha Baloushah, Berit Mortensen

published 20 May 2026

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