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Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) provide life-saving care for critically ill neonates. However, mothers of NICU-admitted neonates experience significant emotional, psychological, and logistical challenges. This study explores the experiences of mothers with neonates admitted in the NICU at...

Background: Adolescent girls have a high prevalence of unintended pregnancies. Adolescent reproductive health is an area of major public health challenge, in which unintended pregnancies and maternal mortality due to pregnancy are the top causes of death among adolescent girls globally. Despite...

Background: The impact of neonatal mortality continues to be a challenge worldwide. Globally, 2.4 million children died in the first month of life in 2020, representing 6,500 neonatal deaths every day. Some of the causes of neonatal deaths include; preterm birth, infections and asphyxia...

Introduction: Caesarean section (C-section) is a major obstetric life-saving intervention for the prevention of pregnancy and childbirth related complications. The goal of Caesarean section is to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes leading to reduced maternal and neonatal deaths. Globally...

Background: Cervical Cancer is one such a disease that remains with high mortality unless prevented or detected early and managed. It is one of the most common cancers of the child bearing age between 20 and 45years world over. It is rated as the second most prevalent cancer among women. There is...

Background: The national strategy for family planning in Zambia is to increase the availability and access of contraceptive services and to intensify information education and communication. Meanwhile, the Roman Catholic Church advocates natural family planning methods as the only genuine,...

The risk of maternal mortality and complications in pregnancy is highest for adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa and is a leading cause of death among adolescent girls. In Zambia, adolescent pregnancy rate is high and stands at 28.5% and maternal mortality rate is at 398 per 100 000 live...

Livingstone District in Southern Province of Zambia has a high number of maternal deaths. This study was exploring midwives’ knowledge and skills on antenatal care (ANC). A descriptive cross-sectional study comprising 89 respondents conveniently sampled from Livingstone Central Hospital and six...

Introduction: Ensuring patients are adequately hydrated is an essential part of nursing care but the performance assessment and nursing audit reports demonstrated a gap in the documentation of the post-operative patients fluid balance charts at Mansa General Hospital (MGH). The main objective of...

Introduction:Birth preparedness is when a woman and her family prepare for normal birth and for complications that may arise during pregnancy and childbirth (MoH, 2004). Birth Preparedness and Complication readiness (BPCR) strategy was introduced in order to help pregnant women receive care from...