Search for dissertations about: "Angola"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the word Angola.

2. 1. Challenges and constraints encountered by women and midwives during childbirth in low-income countries : experiences from Angola and Mozambique

   Author : Karen Odberg Pettersson; Högskolan i Halmstad; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Women; Midwives; Maternal and perinatal care; Care-seeking behaviour; Moulding and dimensions of change; Women; midwives; quality of; maternal and perinatal care; care-seeking behaviour; moulding and dimensions of change;

   Abstract : This thesis aimed to study the actual and perceived quality of midwifery practices during childbirth at peripheral and central health care levels in two low-income countries, Angola (I-III) and Mozambique (IV-V). Theoretical models interpreting women's and midwives' views have been developed. READ MORE

4. 2. Severe maternal morbidity in Angola : studies on postpartum haemorrhage, jaundice and clinic-based audit

   Author : Roland T Strand; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Active management of third stage of labour; Angola; audit; jaundice; malaria; hepatitis E; postpartum haemorrhage; uterine rupture; waiting time;

   Abstract : Background: Angola has recently ended a long period of warfare, which has resulted in an almost complete collapse of public health. In Luanda, the capital, some 70,000 deliveries take place in public facilities. Maternal morbidity and mortality is among the highest in the world. Postpartum haemorrhage is the dominant cause of death. READ MORE

5. 3. The adaptive immune response against Streptococcus pneumoniae and epidemiology in Sweden and Angola

   Author : Fabian Uddén; Malmö Klinisk mikrobiologi; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; adaptive immunity; animicrobial resistance; chronic suppurative otitis media; invasive pneumococcal disease; nasopharyngeal colonization; opsonophagocytic assay; pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; pneumococcal serotypes; pneumonia; serotyping; Streptococcus pneumoniae; acute otitis media; adaptive immunity; animicrobial resistance; chronic suppurative otitis media; invasive pneumococcal disease; nasopharyngeal colonization; opsonophagocytic assay; pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; pneumococcal serotypes; pneumonia; serotyping; Streptococcus pneumoniae;

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6. 4. The New Portuguese Presence in Angola: Traces, Emplacements and Interactions of a Postcolonial Encounter

   Author : Carolina Valente Cardoso; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Propelled by the impact of the Euro-crisis in the Portuguese economy and job market and the booming economy in Angola, during the last decade a great number of Portuguese workers migrated to the former colony. At the same time, Angolan investors made important acquisitions in key sectors of the Portuguese economy. READ MORE

7. 5. Third stage of labour-studies on management, blood loss and pain in Angola and Sweden

   Author : Elisabeth Jangsten; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; third stage of labour; active management of the third stage of labour; postpartum haemorrhage; AMTSL; expectant management of the third stage of labour; EMTSL; maternal mortality; oxytocin; uterine contractions; labour pain; Midwifery;

   Abstract : Management of the third stage of labour and risk factors for blood loss have been the focus of investigation for a long time. The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate management of the third stage of labour and its infl uence on blood loss and women’s experience of afterpains in both a low- and a high-income country, as well as midwives’ experience of managing this stage. READ MORE