Maternal Risk Factors Associated with Preterm Birth: A Case Control Study.

Background: Preterm birth is the child birth before 37 completed weeks .Prematurity is one of the leading causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality due to the complications associated with it. The objective of the study was to determine the maternal risk factors associated with all preterm birth in singleton pregnancy at National hospital.

Rates and indications of caesarean section deliveries in Bhutan 2015-2019: a national review.

Background: Bhutan has made much efforts to provide timely access to health services during pregnancy and increase institutional deliveries. However, as specialist obstetric services became available in seven hospitals in the country, there has been a steady increase in the rates of caesarean deliveries. This article describes the national rates and indications of caesarean section deliveries in Bhutan.

Gender-neutral HPV elimination, cervical cancer screening, and treatment: Experience from Bhutan.

Cervical cancer is preventable and also curable when detected early and treated adequately, yet it remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among women. In Bhutan, cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women. Bhutan was the first country among the low- and middle-income economies to have instituted a national HPV vaccination program, in 2010, and has achieved >90% coverage.

"If we miss this chance, it's futile later on" - late antenatal booking and its determinants in Bhutan: a mixed-methods study.

Background: To achieve the Sustainable Development Goal related to maternal and neonatal outcomes, the World Health Organization advocates for a first antenatal care (ANC) contact before 12 weeks of gestation. In order to guide interventions to achieve early ANC in the lower middle-income setting of Bhutan, we conducted an assessment of the magnitude and determinants of late ANC in this context.

Methods: This was a mixed-methods study with quantitative (cross-sectional study) and qualitative (in-depth interviews with pregnant women and ANC providers) component in a concurrent triangulation design.