Tuberculosis/HIV Prevalence and Treatment Success among Children Receiving Care in Two Tertiary Health Facilities within Ogun State, Nigeria.

Background: About 1 million children become ill with tuberculosis every year, representing 10-12% of all cases of tuberculosis notified globally. HIV infection in children is often due to transmission from mothers to children. HIV infection in children increases their risk of having tuberculosis.

The ability and safety of community-based health workers to safely initiate lifesaving therapies for pre-eclampsia in Ogun State, Nigeria: An analysis of 260 community treatments with MgSO and/or methyldopa.

Objectives: To evaluate community-based health workers' ability to identify cases of hypertension in pregnancy, safely deliver methyldopa and magnesium sulphate and make referrals when appropriate.

Study Design: This was part of Nigeria Community-Level Interventions for Pre-eclampsia (CLIP) cluster randomized controlled trial (NCT01911494). Community-based Health Workers (CHW) recruited pregnant women from five Local Government Areas (clusters) and used mobile health aid for clinical assessment of pre-eclampsia.

Ante-Natal Care Utilization and Comparison of Obstetric Performance of Pregnant Women Attending Tertiary and Secondary/Primary Health Facilities in South West Nigeria.

Background: The successful outcome of any pregnancy depends on a well formulated and implemented ANC, which to a larger extent also depends on its functional and operational continuum of care, that is affordable, accessible and of high quality during and after pregnancy and childbirth. Defective ANC, in terms of coverage and quality, has been shown to be associated with unfavourable pregnancy outcome.

Objective: To determine the maternal and perinatal outcome(Obstetric performance) of booked and referred pregnant women who though, booked for ANC in lower health care facilities but were delivered at our facility.

Maternal and perinatal outcomes of birth preparedness and complication readiness in recently delivered women of a Southwestern Nigerian Town.

Context: Birth preparedness and complication readiness (BPCR) have been shown to increase knowledge of danger signs and enhance access to skilled obstetric care. Previous studies have focused on intermediate outcomes of BPCR such as utilization of skilled care for pregnancy and delivery.

Aims: This study aims to determine the maternal and perinatal outcomes associated with birth preparedness and complication readiness.

A process evaluation plan for assessing a complex community-based maternal health intervention in Ogun State, Nigeria.

Background: Despite increased investment in community-level maternal health interventions, process evaluations of such interventions are uncommon, and can be instrumental in understanding mediating factors leading to outcomes. In Nigeria, where an unacceptably number of maternal deaths occur (maternal mortality ratio of 814/100,000 livebirths), the Community Level Interventions for Pre-eclampsia (CLIP) study (NCT01911494) aimed to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity with a complex intervention of five interrelated components. Building from previous frameworks, we illustrate a methodology to evaluate implementation processes of the complex CLIP intervention, assess mechanisms of impact and identify emerging unintended causal pathways.