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Tuberculosis and Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women in Four African Countries

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  • Rayan Korri

    (Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Centre of the University of Munich (LMU), 80802 Munich, Germany)

  • Abhishek Bakuli

    (Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Centre of the University of Munich (LMU), 80802 Munich, Germany)

  • Olumuyiwa A. Owolabi

    (Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul P.O. Box 273, The Gambia)

  • Julieth Lalashowi

    (National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya P.O. Box 2410, Tanzania)

  • Cândido Azize

    (Instituto Nacional de Saúde (INS), Marracuene 3943, Mozambique)

  • Mohammed Rassool

    (Clinical HIV Research Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2092, South Africa)

  • Farzana Sathar

    (The Aurum Institute, Johannesburg 2194, South Africa)

  • Andrea Rachow

    (Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Centre of the University of Munich (LMU), 80802 Munich, Germany
    German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, 80802 Munich, Germany)

  • Olena Ivanova

    (Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Centre of the University of Munich (LMU), 80802 Munich, Germany
    German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, 80802 Munich, Germany
    Members of the TB Sequel Consortium are listed in the Appendix A.)

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major reason of maternal mortality in low-income countries, and it increases the probability of adverse sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes, including ectopic pregnancy and perinatal mortality. The data presented here is from the TB Sequel observational cohort conducted in four African countries. For this sub-study, we selected only female participants, who were diagnosed with drug susceptible TB and followed-up until the end of anti-TB treatment. The data collection included questionnaires, clinical examination and laboratory tests at TB diagnosis, day 14, month 2, 4 and 6. A total of 486 women, with 88.3% being 18–49 years old, were included in the analysis. Around 54.7% were HIV positive. Most of the participants (416/486; 85.6%) in our cohort were considered cured at month 6. Only 40.4% of non-pregnant women of reproductive age used contraception at TB diagnosis. A total of 31 out of 486 women experienced pregnancy during TB treatment. Pregnancy outcomes varied between live birth (16/31; 51.6%), induced abortion (6/31; 19.4%), miscarriage (4/31; 12.9%) and stillbirth (3/31; 9.6%). Integration and linking of SRH services with TB programmes are vital to increase contraception use and protect women from obstetric risks associated with pregnancy during TB treatment.

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  • Rayan Korri & Abhishek Bakuli & Olumuyiwa A. Owolabi & Julieth Lalashowi & Cândido Azize & Mohammed Rassool & Farzana Sathar & Andrea Rachow & Olena Ivanova, 2022. "Tuberculosis and Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women in Four African Countries," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(22), pages 1-9, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:22:p:15103-:d:974427
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