International Journal of Women's Health Care(IJWHC)
ISSN: 2573-9506 | DOI: 10.33140/IJWHC
Impact Factor: 1.011
SAMAKE Alou
Reference Health Center of Commune VI in the district of Bamako, West Africa
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Research Article
Study of the Determinants of Stillbirths in the Reference Health Centers of Selingue and Yorosso (Sikasso Region) From January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2017
Author(s): Mamadou BERTHE*, Mamadou SIMA, Fatou DIAWARA, Diakaridia KONE, SAMAKE Alou, DOUMBIA Kounandy, DIALLO Cheickna, TERERA Ibrahim, TEGUETE Ibrahima, TRAORE Youssouf, SANGHO Hamadoun, SYLLA Mariam and DOUMBIA Seydou
Background: Stillbirths remain a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa and Mali. According to routine data collected from 2008 to 2016 in Sikasso, the health district of Sélingué had the highest stillbirth rate in the region (51.7 (%) births) and that of Yorosso had the lowest (13.7 (%) births). This led us to initiate this study to study the determinants of stillbirths in the Reference Health Centers of the two districts from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2017. Methods: It was a case-control study of 440 cases including 110 cases and 330 controls in each of the Health Centers. The statistical analysis was done on SPSS version 20 and the writing was done on Word. The value of p<0.05 was found to be statistically significant. Result: The prevalence’s of stillbirths were 28, 6 %&.. Read More»