POSTMORTEM DOCUMENTATION OF SARS-COV-2 IN UTERO AND POSTPARTUM TRANSMISSION, THROUGH AMNIOTIC FLUID, PLACENTAL, AND PULMONARY TISSUE RT-PCR

Postmortem Documentation of SARS-CoV-2 in Utero and Postpartum Transmission, through Amniotic Fluid, Placental, and Pulmonary Tissue RT-PCR

The physiopathology of SARS-CoV-2 infection, during pregnancy and in early childhood, is poorly understood.Unfavorable maternal outcomes, the risk of vertical/postpartum transmission, and severe, multisystem involvement in infants and children highlight the importance of developing a cohesive treatment and nuanced prophylaxis strategy.In this study

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Knowledge Networking for Family Planning: The Potential for Virtual Communities of Practice to Move Forward the Global Reproductive Health Agenda

This paper highlights experience from five years of using virtual communication tools developed by the World Health Organization Department of Reproductive Health and Research (WHO/RHR) and its partners in the Implementing Best Practices (IBP) in Reproductive Health Initiative 4N/84N LIGHT NEUTRAL BROWN to help bridge the knowledge-to-practice gap

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What Have We Not Learned from the Convergence Debate?

We argue that the alternative hypotheses about cross-country convergence dynamics, namely the Conditional Convergence Hypothesis, Absolute Convergence Hypothesis, and Club Convergence hypothesis, build upon different modelling choices and answer different empirical questions.Hence, results favoring one hypothesis are not necessarily evidence agains

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