Maternal and perinatal outcomes in women with eclampsia by mode of delivery at Riley mother baby hospital: a longitudinal case-series study.

Background: Eclampsia, considered as serious complication of preeclampsia, remains a life-threatening condition among pregnant women. It accounts for 12% of maternal deaths and 16-31% of perinatal deaths worldwide. Most deaths from eclampsia occurred in resource-limited settings of sub-Saharan Africa.

Predictors of contraceptive implant uptake in the immediate postpartum period: a cross-sectional study.

The aim of the study was to investigate how to improve access to family planning and address unmet contraceptive need in postpartum women, by determining the predictors of contraceptive implant uptake in the immediate postpartum period. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among women who had given birth up to 6 d earlier at the Riley Mother and Baby Hospital, which is part of the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya. Participants were systematically sampled and data collected using pre-tested interviewer-administered questionnaires.