AWARENESS AND PREVENTION OF PRE-ECLAMPSIA AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN SPECIALIST HOSPITAL SOKOTO, SOKOTO STATE. CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Pre-eclampsia is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy that occurs after 20 weeks of gestation where a woman develops hypertension (blood pressure ≥140/90 mmHg) accompanied by proteinuria and/or other signs or symptoms of […]