Risk profile of postnatal women and their babies attending a rural district hospital in South Africa

• Egile Nagusiak: Kate Rees (Egilea), Chipo Mutyambizi (Egilea), Rendani Ndou (Egilea), Helen E Struthers (Egilea), James A McIntyre (Egilea), Jackie Dunlop (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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BackgroundMaternal and neonatal mortality remain unacceptably high and inequitably distributed in South Africa, with the postnatal period being a dangerous time for both mother and baby. The aim of this paper is to describe the risk factors for poor postnatal outcomes, including postnatal mental hea...