Growing numbers of children across the world start non-maternal care in the first year of life. However, few studies have described how different infant care experiences may relate to later child cognitive, language and ...

Pregnancy and postpartum are periods of maximum neuronal and behavioral plasticity in a female life. In the present study we investigated whether reproductive experience (number of pregnancies and parturition) affects the ...

We examine the impact of progressive and regressive abortion legislation on women’shealth in Mexico. Following a 2007 reform in the Federal District of Mexico whichdecriminalised and subsidised early-term elective abortion, ...

Objective: To analyze the association of care practices performed by obstetric professionals with maternal welfare/malaise levels. Method: A quantitative study conducted in a Prepartum/Childbirth/Postpartum Unit of a ...

The maternal mortality or maternal near miss ratio in Brazil reflects the socioeconomic indicators as well as the healthcare quality in some areas of this country, pointing out fragile points in the health services. The ...

Severe obstetric hemorrhage is a catastrophic event and represents the main cause of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. The elevated mortality rate due to hemorrhage is associated with metabolic complications and ...