The achievement of gender equality and ending all forms of disparity in the spheres of sexual and reproductive health are critical components of sustainable development goals. We endeavour to investigate the characteristics and/or structural sources of the gender gap in the reproductive transition among Ethiopian youths. The analysis was carried out using parts of data […]
In the context of continuous cultural, social, and economic changes happening around the globe, the predictable patterns of the life course of the past observed over successive birth cohorts will not remain stable across generations. In this study, three reproductive role indicators—first sexual encounter, first marriage, and first birth–for three synthetic birth cohorts were used […]
Financial abuse is a lesser-known, but critical component that abusers use to exert control over their victims. It can range from denying a spouse access to money to using scams or disingenuous motives to steal money from a senior. Financial abuse is very serious, but there are ways for victims to escape and recover from […]
Anaemia is strongly associated with postpartum haemorrhage and the risk of death or near miss. Attention should be given to the prevention and treatment of anaemia in women of reproductive age. Worldwide, more than half a billion women of reproductive age are anaemic. Each year, about 70 000 women who give birth die from postpartum […]
Reliable cause-of-mortality data are essential to inform newborn and child survival strategies in Ethiopia, where evidence to understand the causes of death in children is scarce.1 To address this scarcity of data, the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network is assessing specific causes of death for stillbirths, infants, and children by combining minimally […]
The 10 Years On report to the Fair Society, Healthy Lives Marmot Review on addressing health equalities in England showed a drastic slowdown in the increase in life expectancy, which was greatest in the most deprived areas. In several deprived neighbourhoods, life expectancy decreased from 2010 to 2020. This decrease coincided with austerity policies, which […]
Child mortality is high in Ethiopia, but reliable data on the causes of death are scarce. We aimed to gather data for the contributory causes of stillbirth and child deaths in eastern Ethiopia. In this population-based post-mortem study, we established a death-notification system in health facilities and in the community in Kersa (rural), Haramaya (rural) […]
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