Policies, financing, research and health-system developments.
From the abstract: “This study explores the motivations behind Ghanaian women’s decisions to engage in surrogacy, a growing practice within the country’s assisted reproductive technology landscape.”
From the abstract: “Therefore, this study aimed to document the clinical characteristics and hospital outcomes of children with DS who were diagnosed with heart defects.”
From the abstract: “This study aimed to assess the prevalence and multilevel determinants of stunting among children aged 0–59 months in Lesotho using data from the 2023/24 Demographic and Health Survey.”
From the abstract: “This study aimed to determine the burden and correlates of bloodborne pathogens among blood donors in Muchinga Province, Zambia.”
From the abstract: “We analyzed data from a prospective cohort study among mother-infant dyads from Cape Town (CT), South Africa and the Northern Plains (NP), USA.”
From the abstract: “This study examined the type and extent of Early Stimulation Activities (ESAs) practiced by mothers, and other caregivers and the associations between ESAs and children’s development by caregiver type in Northern Ghana.”
From the abstract: “This study was designed to examine community perspectives on integrated service delivery for tuberculosis (TB), mental health (MH) and substance use disorder (SUD) in Nigeria.”
From the abstract: “Among the study participants, 105 (67.3%) had a history of blood transfusion.”
From the abstract: “This study assessed changes in perception and acceptance of fortified bouillon cubes over time and explored factors influencing these outcomes among non-index household members (NIHMs) from trial households in Northern Ghana.”
From the abstract: “We also conducted 13 days of clinical observations and semi-structured in-depth interviews with different cadres of purposively sampled healthcare workers (n = 22) at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital and Chiradzulu District Hospital.”