Improving Maternal and Newborn Health: What are the recommended interventions?
Improving maternal and newborn health is key to achieving the targets of the sustainable development goal 3, which is about…
Understanding Obstetric Fistula using the Haddon Matrix: We can prevent this catastrophe.
We regard it as an accident of birth: obstetric fistula results from prolonged obstructed labour. The sustained application of pressure…
Obstructed Labour Injury Complex: As complex as it gets.
The obstructed labour injury complex describes a spectrum of injuries that result following the aftermath of obstructed labour. Obstructed labour…
Dolutegravir Use in Pregnancy: The benefits outweigh the risks – if any.
HIV treatment guidelines were updated in 2019 by the World Health Organization (WHO) as dolutegravir, an inhibitor of the integrase…
Double Anaerobic Coverage: What does it mean: Is it necessary?
Antimicrobial stewardship is an entity that is still in its ‘infancy’ in many African clinical settings. Healthcare providers should step…
Placental Malaria: Why the placenta: The Perspective.
Malaria in pregnancy remains a serious public threat in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where 24 million women become pregnant…
COVID-19 in Pregnancy: Is there a need to worry?
With the new Coronavirus (hereafter termed COVID-19) cases hitting more than 100 countries to date, a few days ago, the…
Menopause is not an illness.
Menopause is that time in a woman’s life when menstrual periods have stopped for at least a year. We often…
Mastitis: It’s more common than you think.
We define mastitis as an infection of one or more ducts of the breast. It is often related to breastfeeding…
Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology
In the field of gynaecology, pioneering doctors, such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Nathan Bozeman have well-documented…