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## Background We describe reproductive health issues among pregnant women in a rural area of Kenya with a high coverage of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) and high prevalence of HIV (15%). ## Methods We conducted a community-based cross-sectional survey among rural pregnant women in western Kenya. A medical, obstetric and reproductive history was obtained. Blood was obtained for a malaria smear and haemoglobin level, and stool was examined for geohelminths. Height and weight were measured. ## Results Of 673 participants, 87% were multigravidae and 50% were in their third trimester; 41% had started antenatal clinic visits at the time of interview and 69% reported ITN-use. Malaria parasitemia and anaemia (haemoglobin < 11 g/dl) were detected among 36% and 53% of the women, respectively. Geohelminth infections were detected among 76% of the 390 women who gave a stool sample. Twenty percent of women were underweight, and sixteen percent reported symptoms of herpes zoster or oral thrush in the last two months. Nineteen percent of all women reported using a contraceptive method to delay or prevent pregnancy before the current pregnancy (injection 10%, pill 8%, condom 0.4%). Twenty-three

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Author

Anna M van Eijk; Kim A Lindblade; Frank Odhiambo; Elizabeth Peterson; Evallyne Sikuku; John G Ayisi; Peter Ouma; Daniel H Rosen; Laurence Slutsker

Publisher

BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); [London]: BioMed Central, 2004-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 1742-4755)

Published

2008

Language

AF

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)