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Covid-19 Cases Among Pregnant Women, New Mothers Doubled in Second Wave, Finds ICMR Study
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While HIV testing is a priority for all pregnant women, many women are not screened for HIV during pregnancy.
7,17 Insufficient resources, stigma, the attitudes and skills of health workers, and HIV testing strategy are considered to be the key reasons for low HIV testing during pregnancy in sub-Saharan African countries, particularly in eastern Africa.
20 So this study aimed to assess the prevalence of HIV testing and associated factor among pregnant women in eastern Africa.
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Data Sources
A secondary data analysis using the pooled data from the most recent Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) of the 11 East African countries was done. The DHS used a stratified two-stage sampling technique to select the study participants. We used the women’s datasets (individual record file) for this analysis and we included only women who gave birth in the past one year before each survey. Finally, a total weighted sample of 53, 420 women was included for this study. The survey year a
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed Thursday 287 new deaths and 17,323 new cases of COVID-19, with 20,918 total cases in the Santa Clarita Valley.
Los Angeles County has tragically experienced nearly 2,000 COVID-19 deaths in just a week, and marked another grim milestone of recording more than 13,000 total COVID-19 deaths.
To date, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health identified 975,299 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 13,234 deaths. Last Thursday, Jan. 7, Public Health reported a total 11,545 COVID-19 deaths.
Of the 287 new deaths reported Thursday, 115 people who passed away were over the age of 80, 95 people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79, 47 people who died were between the ages of 50 and 64 and 13 people who died were between the ages of 30 and 49. Fifteen deaths were reported by the city of Long Beach and two deaths were reported by the city of Pasadena.