About 80% of the consumers worldwide use herbal medicine (HMs) or other natural
products. The percentage may vary significantly (7%–55%) among pregnant women …

Background There is a paucity of literature describing traditional health practices and beliefs
of African women. The purpose of this study was to undertake a systematic review of the use …

Zambian women's pregnancy and childbirth are linked to a variety of cultural and traditional
practices, activities and beliefs. These existential events affect the women's health and the …

Introduction: Almost 830 women die daily in childbirth with 550 of those deaths occurring in
sub-Saharan Africa. This region has the highest maternal mortality rates in the world with …

Background: Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a rare, incurable genodermatosis causing
blisters that can result in multisystemic complications and death. Limited data exists on EB in …

Chapter 1 introduced cohabitation as a growing phenomenon with more couples in
cohabiting unions than in marriage worldwide. The chapter explored the trends in adult …

Particular communities and groups of people develop particular prevailing points of view,
including how health and illness is understood. Our prevailing points of view,'worldviews' or …

Beginning with how women know about the particular condition of having pelvic organ
prolapse, this article examines what women do when they know about this medical …

Every woman has the right to safe motherhood. Over half of the global maternal deaths
occur in sub-Saharan Africa. In Guinea, where this study took place, a woman has a one-in …

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of indigenous cultural beliefs on the
health-seeking behaviours of the Mbororo community in Mezam Division of the Northwest …