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Risk factors associated with severe perineal tear at Public Hospitals in Bahir Dar town, Northwest Ethiopia.
SAGE Open Med
May 2024
BSc Midwife, Felege Hiwot Comprehensive Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, Amhara, Ethiopia.
Article Synopsis
- The study focuses on the high prevalence of severe perineal tears during childbirth in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, highlighting a 7.4% occurrence rate and significant maternal health implications.
- Researchers identified key risk factors for severe perineal tears, including previous tears, the experience level of birth attendants, the position of the baby during delivery, and the duration of labor's second stage.
- The findings suggest the need for better hospital practices and policies to mitigate the risk of severe perineal trauma, particularly through strategies aimed at reducing the length of the second stage of labor.
Enhancing Nutrition and Antenatal Infection Treatment (ENAT) study: protocol of a pragmatic clinical effectiveness study to improve birth outcomes in Ethiopia.
BMJ Paediatr Open
January 2022
Addis Continental Institute of Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Introduction: The WHO Nutrition Target aims to reduce the global prevalence of low birth weight by 30% by the year 2025. The Enhancing Nutrition and Antenatal Infection Treatment (ENAT) study will test the impact of packages of pregnancy interventions to enhance maternal nutrition and infection management on birth outcomes in rural Ethiopia.
Methods And Analysis: ENAT is a pragmatic, open-label, 2×2 factorial, randomised clinical effectiveness study implemented in 12 rural health centres in Amhara, Ethiopia.