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Item A case of Amelia: what are the implications"?(Ghana Medical Journal, 2004-12) Seffah, J.D.; Ampofo, K.A.; Srofenyoli, E.K.; Koranteng, I.O.A Case of Amelia (a skeletal dysplasia with failure of formation of all four limbs) is presented. The patient, aged 36, has had a previous normal baby. The index pregnancy was supervised at a polyclinic. An ultrasound examination was done to confirm the pregnancy at 11 weeks. She was referred to the Korle Bu teaching Hospital at 42 weeks of gestation. She had a successful induction of labour and delivered a live 1.95kg male infant with no limbs. The neonatologist detected no other abnormalities. The social welfare department adopted him as the very depressed parents rejected him. We advocate routine obstetric scan at 18-20 weeks gestation to detect anomalies. Apart from effective counselling, both medical and social support services should be improved for adequate and appropriate management of congenital malformations.Item A case of Amelia: what are the implications"?(Ghana Medical Journal, 2004-12) Seffah, J.D.; Ampofo, K.A.; Srofenyoli, E.K.; Koranteng, I.O.A case of Amelia (A skeletal dysplasia with failure of formation of all four limbs) is presented. The patient. aged 36, has had a previous normal baby. The index pregnancy was supervised al a polyclinic. An ultrasound examination was done to confirm the pregnancy at 11i weeks. She was referred to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital at 42 weeks of gestation. She had a successful induction or labour and delivered a live 1.95kg male infant with no limbs. The neonatologist detected no other abnormalities. The Social Welfare department adopted him as the very depressed parents rejected him. We advocate routine obstetric scan al 18-20 weeks gestation to detect anomalies. Apart from effective counseling. both medical and social support services should be improved for adequate and appropriate management or congenital malformations.Item Quality of life, optimism/pessimism, and knowledge and attitudes toward HIV Screening among pregnant women in Ghana.(Women's Health Issues, 2008) Moyer, C.A.; Ekpo, G.; Kwawukume, E.Y.; Greene, J.; Naik, S.; Sippola, E.; Stern, D.T.; Adanu, R.M.K.; Koranteng, I.O.; Anderson, F.J.OBJECTIVE: We sought to explore optimism/pessimism, knowledge of HIV, and attitudes toward HIV screening and treatment among Ghanaian pregnant women. METHOD: Pregnant women in Accra, Ghana, completed a self-administered questionnaire including the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R, an optimism/pessimism measure), an HIV knowledge and screening attitudes questionnaire, the Short Form 12 (SF-12, a measure of health-related quality of life [HRQOL]), and a demographic questionnaire. Data were analyzed using t-tests, ANOVA, correlations, and the chi2 test. RESULTS: There were 101 participants; 28% were nulliparous. Mean age was 29.7 years, and mean week of gestation was 31.8. All women had heard of AIDS, 27.7% had been tested for HIV before this pregnancy, 46.5% had been tested during this pregnancy, and 59.4% of the sample had ever been tested for HIV. Of those not tested during this pregnancy, 64.2% were willing to be tested. Of all respondents, 89% said they would get tested if antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) were readily available and might prevent maternal-to-child transmission. Neither optimism/pessimism nor HRQOL was associated with attitudes toward HIV screening. Optimism was negatively correlated with HIV knowledge (p = .001) and was positively correlated with having never been tested before this pregnancy (p = .007). CONCLUSION: The relationship between optimism/pessimism and HIV knowledge and screening behavior is worthy of further study using larger samples and objective measures of testing beyond self-report.