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Maternal and Fetal Characteristics in an Obstetric Cohort in Mozambique

2000; African Journals OnLine; Volume: 4; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/3583248

1118-4841

Nafissa Osman, Kenneth Challis, M. Cotiro, Gunnar Nordahl, Staffan Bergström, Staffan Bergström,

Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies

A sample of 908 Mozambican pregnant women with gestational age < or = 21 weeks (as measured by ultrasound) were followed fortnightly from their first antenatal clinic visit until the end of the perinatal period. All women attended two suburban/semirural antenatal clinics in Maputo. Only 9% were lost to follow-up. Pre-term delivery occurred in 15.4% of women and low birthweight (LBW) in 16.2%. Mean birthweight was 2.91 kg. Perinatal death occurred in 4.7%. This obstetric cohort provides valuable baseline data to be used as reference. With substantial efforts, the non-compliance with follow-up at birth could be kept at a low level.