Pooling data for all countries, HIV prevalence declined among pregnant women from 6.5 [95% confidence interval (CI) 5.3 7.9%] to 5.3%95%5% CI 4.2 6.6%) between periods 1 and 2, whereas it remained unchanged among all women at 8.4%95%5% CI 8.0 8.9%) in period 1 and 8.3% (95% CI 7.9 8.8%) in period 2. Prevalence declined by 18%95%5% CI −9 38%) more in pregnant women than nonpregnant women.
The horror stories we had heard about cab drivers in London declining to drive pregnant women did not manifest themselves in this instance.
The described case shows that conservative management, if started respectively early and conducted on the basis of a patient's condition, may effectively reduce increased perinatal and maternal morbidity and mortality in pregnant women declining surgery.
In conclusion, malaria infection declined significantly among pregnant women delivering in Blantyre between 1997 and 2006, and this was accompanied by declines in prevalence of anemia and LBW deliveries.
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Sleep problems in pregnancy are common, with most pregnant women reporting declining sleep quality and increased night waking especially in the third trimester [ 1- 6].
Some factors are known to be increasing in many populations (eg, nulliparity, older maternal age, multiple births, diabetes, obesity and assisted reproductive technologies), while smoking among pregnant women is declining in high-income countries.
A more plausible explanation of declining HIV prevalence in young pregnant women in India is the initiation of focused public health programs in late 1980s and early 1990s in the epicenters of the epidemic which were later expanded to large scale targeted interventions to bring about behavior change.
We also saw declines among pregnant women aged 25-34 (data not shown).
Other studies describe the proportion of pregnant women who bicycle as declining considerably during pregnancy [ 7, 8].
