Background: Adherence to long-term medications is a global concern. Hypertension is one of the top five causes of mortality in the world. The asymptomatic nature of this disease results in decreased motivation to adhere ...

Modern contraceptive use among adolescents in low income countries, including Rwanda, is very low. However, little research has been published on the factors contributing to the modern contraceptive non-use among adolescents ...

Treatment of people infected with HIV is called antiretroviral therapy. It involves the combination of drugs that are often called highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Success of ART requires sustained medication ...

Defined by the WHO as a hemoglobin level lower than 11.0 g/dl, anemia in pregnancy is one of the global public health problems where around 38% of pregnant women are affected. Prevalence of anemia in pregnancy varies ...

Cesarean section is the usual major surgical procedure carried out in low- and middle-profit countries About 23% of all maternal deaths were infections-related in the United States, which means that the developed countries ...