HIV Testing Disruptions and Service Adaptations During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Literature Review.

Access to treatment and care in safe clinical settings improves people's lives with HIV. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted vital HIV programs and services, increasing the risk of adverse health outcomes for people with HIV and HIV transmission rates in the community. This systematic literature review provides a meta-analysis of HIV testing disruptions and a synthesis of HIV/AIDS services adapted during COVID-19.

Respectful Maternity Care in South Asia: What Does the Evidence Say? Experiences of Care and Neglect, Associated Vulnerabilities and Social Complexities.

Background: Respectful maternity care encompasses the right to continuity of care and dignified support for women during the reproductive period, enabling informed choice. However, the evidence is limited in the context of South Asia region where maternal, perinatal and newborn mortality is still a critical challenge to health systems. Evidence is required to better understand the context of respectful maternity care to inform directions for appropriate policy and practice.

Caring for Pregnant Women with Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Qualitative Study of Health Service Provider Perspectives.

Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) persists in low-middle-income countries and in high-income countries where there are health inequities. RHD in pregnancy (RHD-P) is associated with poorer maternal and perinatal outcomes. Our study examines models of care for women with RHD-P from the perspectives of health care providers.

Rheumatic Heart Disease in Pregnancy: New Strategies for an Old Disease?

RHD in pregnancy (RHD-P) is associated with an increased burden of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. A sequellae of rheumatic fever resulting in heart valve damage if untreated, RHD is twice as common in women. In providing an historical overview, this commentary provides context for prevention and treatment in the 21 st century.

The Spectrum, Severity and Outcomes of Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease in Pregnant Women in Australia and New Zealand.

Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) poses significant perinatal risks. We aimed to describe the spectrum, severity and outcomes of rheumatic mitral valve disease in pregnancy in Australia and New Zealand.

Methods: A prospective, population-based cohort study of pregnant women with RHD recruited 2013-14 through the hospital-based Australasian Maternity Outcomes Surveillance System.

Eclampsia in Australia and New Zealand: A prospective population-based study.

Background: Eclampsia is a serious consequence of pre-eclampsia. There are limited data from Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) on eclampsia.

Aim: To determine the incidence, management and perinatal outcomes of women with eclampsia in ANZ.

Rheumatic heart disease in pregnancy: Profile of women admitted to a Western Australian tertiary obstetric hospital.

This retrospective study assessed maternal and perinatal outcomes for women with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) admitted to the largest tertiary obstetric hospital in Western Australia from 2009 to 2016. Of 54 women identified, 75.9% were Indigenous, 59.

Standardizing clinical care measures of rheumatic heart disease in pregnancy: A qualitative synthesis.

Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a preventable cardiac condition that escalates risk in pregnancy. Models of care informed by evidence-based clinical guidelines are essential to optimal health outcomes. There are no published reviews that systematically explore approaches to care provision for pregnant women with RHD and examine reported measures.

Rheumatic heart disease in pregnancy: strategies and lessons learnt implementing a population-based study in Australia.

Background: The global burden of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is two-to-four times higher in women, with a heightened risk in pregnancy. In Australia, RHD is found predominantly among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Methods: This paper reviews processes developed to identify pregnant Australian women with RHD during a 2-year population-based study using the Australasian Maternity Outcomes Surveillance System (AMOSS).

Rheumatic heart disease in pregnancy: How can health services adapt to the needs of Indigenous women? A qualitative study.

Objectives: To study rheumatic heart disease health literacy and its impact on pregnancy, and to identify how health services could more effectively meet the needs of pregnant women with rheumatic heart disease.

Materials And Methods: Researchers observed and interviewed a small number of Aboriginal women and their families during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum as they interacted with the health system. An Aboriginal Yarning method of relationship building over time, participant observations and interviews with Aboriginal women were used in the study.

Incidence, risk factors and perinatal outcomes for placenta accreta in Australia and New Zealand: a case-control study.

Objective: Estimate the incidence of placenta accreta and describe risk factors, clinical practice and perinatal outcomes.

Design: Case-control study.

Setting: Sites in Australia and New Zealand with at least 50 births per year.

Amniotic fluid embolism: an Australian-New Zealand population-based study.

Background: Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a major cause of direct maternal mortality in Australia and New Zealand. There has been no national population study of AFE in either country. The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of amniotic fluid embolism in Australia and New Zealand and to describe risk factors, management, and perinatal outcomes.

Maternal super-obesity and perinatal outcomes in Australia: a national population-based cohort study.

Background: Super-obesity is associated with significantly elevated rates of obstetric complications, adverse perinatal outcomes and interventions. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence, risk factors, management and perinatal outcomes of super-obese women giving birth in Australia.

Methods: A national population-based cohort study.

Ethical issues: the multi-centre low-risk ethics/governance review process and AMOSS.

Background: The Australasian Maternity Outcomes Surveillance System (AMOSS) conducts surveillance and research of rare and serious conditions in pregnancy. This multi-centre population health study is considered low risk with minimal ethical impact.

Objective: To describe the ethics/governance review pathway undertaken by AMOSS.

Mapping maternity services in Australia: location, classification and services.

Objective: To describe maternity services available to Australian women and, in particular, the location, classification of services and support services available.

Design: A descriptive study was conducted using an online survey that was emailed to eligible hospitals. Inclusion criteria for the study included public and private maternity units with greater than 50 births per year.