Publications by authors named "W Stones"
Background: Anaemia is common in mothers and infants in the first year postpartum, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. We evaluated whether treating anaemia in the second trimester of pregnancy with a single dose of intravenous iron, ferric carboxymaltose, compared with standard-of-care oral iron could alleviate anaemia in postpartum women and their infants.
Methods: REVAMP (ACTRN12618001268235), an open-label, individually randomised, controlled trial done across nine urban and five rural health centres in Malawi, recruited women if they were in the second trimester of singleton pregnancy, had a capillary haemoglobin concentration of less than 10·0 g/dL, and had a negative malaria rapid diagnostic test.
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- The paper investigates how COVID-19 impacted food insufficiency among adolescents in five urban poor areas in Africa and Asia, focusing on economic and community factors.
- The study used data from a longitudinal survey, comparing food insufficiency before and during the pandemic, and applied various statistical methods to analyze the results.
- Findings show a significant increase in food insufficiency during COVID-19, with variations by location, gender, and socioeconomic status, highlighting the need for targeted strategies to address economic and community disparities affecting adolescents.
Purpose: This study explores whether economic instability or food insecurity moderates the changes in emotional abuse and neglect over time.
Methods: We used data from the Global Early Adolescent Study, a longitudinal study among adolescents ages 13-18 years (10-14 during pre-COVID-19 round) from poor urban communities in China (n = 387), the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (n = 285), Indonesia (n = 400), and Malawi (n = 320). Data were collected before (2017 to March 2020) and during the pandemic (June to November 2020).
Article Synopsis
- Teenage pregnancies are a significant issue in Malawi, which has one of the highest rates globally, prompting a study to explore the factors associated with this problem.
- A community-based case-control study analyzed data from the 2015-16 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey, focusing on women aged 20-24, with a sample of 3,435 participants.
- Key findings revealed that factors such as no teenage marriage, completion of secondary or higher education, wealth status, contraceptive use, and domestic violence significantly impacted the likelihood of teenage pregnancy, highlighting the need for effective government policies and further research.
Background: Anemia affects 40% of pregnant women globally, leading to maternal mortality, premature birth, low birth weight, and poor baby development. Iron deficiency causes over 40% of anemia cases in Africa. Oral iron supplementation is insufficient for Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries (LMICs) to meet current WHO targets.
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