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Caesarean Section among Referred and Self-Referred Birthing Women: A Cohort Study from a Tertiary Hospital, Northeastern Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2011
The inequity in emergency obstetric care access in Tanzania is unsatisfactory. Despite an existing national obstetric referral system, many birthing women bypass referring facilities and go directly to higher-level care centres.
A Jahn, C Hunger, C Ronsmans, DJ Brennan, EJ Kongnyuy, EM Mcclure, FP McCarthy, H Prytherch, Ingvil K Sørbye, Johanne Sundby, KM Moland, ME Kruk, MS Robson, MS Robson, National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania] MoHaSWTaMII2, Olola Oneko, P Bergsjo, P Bergsjo, Per Bergsjø, PS Muganyizi, Siri Vangen   +21 more
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Achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality in rural Africa: an experience from Burundi. [PDF]

, 2012
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the reduction in maternal mortality associated with the emergency obstetric care provided by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and to compare this to the fifth Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality.
Baskett, Campbell, Filippi, Fournier, Graham, Kongnyuy, Li, Maine, Mantel, Murray, Pattinson, Paxton, Penney, Prual, Ronsmans, Say, UNICEF/WHO/UNFPA, Waterstone, WHO, Zachariah   +19 more
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Variation in the infant health effects of the women, infants, and children program by predicted risk using novel machine learning methods

Health Economics, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 194-217, January 2023., 2023
Abstract The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has an extensive literature documenting positive effects on infant health outcomes, specifically preterm birth, low birthweight, small size for gestational age, and infant mortality.
Evan D. Peet, Dana Schultz, Susan Lovejoy, Fuchiang (Rich) Tsui   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Obstetric and long-term kidney outcomes in renal transplant recipients: a 40 year single-centre study [PDF]

, 2016
Female renal transplant recipients of childbearing age may ask what the outcomes are for pregnancy and whether pregnancy will affect graft function. We analyzed obstetric and transplant outcomes among renal transplant recipients in our center who have ...
Brennand, Janet E., Deighan, Christopher J., Geddes, Colin C., Gorrie, Morag, Mark, Patrick B., McNeill, Susan H., Stoumpos, Sokratis   +6 more
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Out‐of‐Pocket expenditure and patient experience of care under‐Indonesia's national health insurance: A cross‐sectional facility‐based study in six provinces

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Volume 37, Issue S1, Page 79-100, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Background Low‐ and middle‐income countries worldwide are striving to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), frequently through expansion of statutory health insurance schemes. However, oftentimes evidence is lacking on progress towards quality patient‐centred care and out‐of‐pocket expenditure (OOPE), particularly for poor population groups.
Viktoria Couturier, Swati Srivastava, Budi Hidayat, Manuela De Allegri   +3 more
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Adverse obstetric outcome and its associated factors in public hospitals of North Ethiopia: does parity make a difference?

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background Direct obstetric causes account for nearly 75% of all maternal deaths. Controversy prevails in the effect of grand multiparity on adverse obstetric outcomes.
Mesfin Tadese, Saba Desta Tessema, Birhan Tsegaw Taye, Getaneh Baye Mulu   +3 more
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High-fidelity simulation increases obstetric self-assurance and skills in undergraduate medical students [PDF]

, 2012
Objective: Teaching intrapartum care is one of the most challenging tasks in undergraduate medical education. High-fidelity obstetric simulators might support students' learning experience.
Fischer, Martin R., Kainer, Franz, Kopp, Veronika, Kost, Bernd, Mann, Corinna, Scholz, Christoph   +5 more
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Mode of Delivery and Obstetric Outcomes in Asia [PDF]

Women's Health, 2010
Evaluation of: Lumbiganon P, Laopaiboon M, Gulmezoglu A et al.: Method of delivery and pregnancy outcomes in Asia: the WHO global survey on maternal and perinatal health 2007–2008. Lancet 375(9713), 490–499 (2010). In a multinational survey of 122 medical facilities in nine Asian countries, the WHO analyzed data on 107,950 deliveries.
Lorie M. Harper, Anthony Odibo
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Access to and Quality of Healthcare for Pregnant and Postpartum Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2021
Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic, obstetric care has adopted new precautions to ensure services can be maintained for pregnant women. The aim of this study was to describe access to and quality of obstetric care for pregnant and postpartum ...
Áine Brislane, Fionnuala Larkin, Helen Jones, Margie H. Davenport   +3 more
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Why Give Birth in Health Facility? Users' and Providers' Accounts of Poor Quality of Birth Care in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
In Tanzania, half of all pregnant women access a health facility for delivery. The proportion receiving skilled care at birth is even lower. In order to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity, the government has set out to increase health facility ...
A Paxton, Abu Mvungi, AE Yamin, Africa Development Forum 2000, AK Hussein, AM Vanneste, BE Kwast, Bjorg Evjen-Olsen, BT Biratu, C Ronsmans, D Jameton, ES Bazant, H Coolican, International Council of Nurses, J Frenk, JA Erlen, JM Morse, JM Wilkinson, K Eugenie, Karen Marie Moland, KS Khan, L De Bernis, Lilian T Mselle, LM Sibley, LT Mselle, LT Mselle, M Bangser, M Bangser, M Dogba, M Kowalewski, M Magoma, M Silen, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW), MK Alimoglu, MM Khan, N Gerein, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), ICF Macro, OE Olsen, OM Campbell, P Simkin, R Jewkes, S Kvale, S Miller, T Delvaux, Thecla W Kohi, United Republic of Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania Ministry of Finance, V Braun, V Minichiello, W Leebov, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, AMDD, WJ Graham, Women's Dignity Project, World Health Organization (WHO), YS Lincoln   +62 more
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