Analysis of cost burden of obstetric care among human immune-deficiency virus (HIV) positive women in Enugu metropolis, South-East Nigeria.

The cost of obstetric care could hinder the capacity of human immune-deficiency virus (HIV) positive women to receive adequate care during pregnancy and delivery. This study was aimed at determining the relationship between antenatal/delivery care cost and delivery place choice among HIV positive women in Enugu metropolis. This was a cross-sectional study of 232 post-partum HIV-positive women who came for 6-weeks post-natal visit.

Thermo-coagulation versus cryotherapy for treatment of cervical precancers: A prospective analytical study in a low-resource African setting.

Aims: To evaluate the outcomes of cryotherapy and thermo-coagulation in the treatment of cervical precancers.

Method: Prospective analytical study. Women who screened positive to visual inspection with acetic acid and confirmed by colposcopy using the Swede's score were randomized to receive either cryotherapy or thermo-coagulation.

Attitude of expectant mothers on the use of ultrasound in pregnancy in a tertiary institution in South East of Nigeria.

Background: With the world-wide availability of ultrasound services even in the developing countries, routine ultrasonography in pregnancy remains a controversial issue. However, in this era of reproductive health right and evidence-based medicine, the views of women need to be ascertained.

Aims: The aim is to assess the attitude of antenatal women toward sonography in pregnancy.

Denial of women's rights to contraception in southeastern Nigeria.

Objective: To evaluate the opinions and experiences of married women in southeastern Nigeria regarding their rights to contraception, in addition to the impact of the denial of women's contraceptive rights on unplanned pregnancy rate.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey of women who registered for prenatal care at 2 federal tertiary healthcare facilities in southeastern Nigeria was conducted. Randomly selected samples of participants were interviewed via a structured, pretested questionnaire.

Motivations and preferences of rural Nigerian women undergoing cervical cancer screening via visual inspection with acetic acid.

Objective: To determine the motivations and preferences of women participating in visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) mass cervical cancer screening programs in southeastern Nigeria.

Methods: By means of interviewer-based questionnaires, data were collected from women participating in mass cervical cancer screenings with VIA in 3 randomly selected communities in each of 2 southeastern Nigerian states between March 1, 2011, and March 31, 2012.

Results: A total of 2312 women were interviewed.