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Distribution of maternity waiting homes and their correlation with perinatal mortality and direct obstetric complication rates in Ethiopia

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Background Ethiopia has been expanding maternity waiting homes to bridge geographical gaps between health facilities and communities in order to improve access to skilled care.
Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Yayeh Negash Getu, Mahbub Ali Abdukie, Geremew Gonfa Eba, Emily Keyes, Patricia E. Bailey   +5 more
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Human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS and other important predictors of maternal mortality in Mulago Hospital Complex Kampala Uganda. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Women with severe maternal morbidity are at high risk of dying. Quality and prompt management and sometimes luck have been suggested to reduce on the risk of dying.
Othieno, Emmanuel, Othieno Emmanuel, Doyle Pat, Maconichie Noreen, Kiondo Paul, Julius N Wandabwa, Paul Kiondo, Betty Khainza, Wandabwa Julius N, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza, Khainza Betty, Noreen Maconichie, Maconichie, Noreen, Emmanuel Othieno, Doyle, Pat, Wandabwa, Julius N, Kiondo, Paul, Longo-Mbenza, Benjamin, Khainza, Betty, Longo-Mbenza Benjamin, Pat Doyle   +20 more
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Costs of Inaction on Maternal Mortality: Qualitative Evidence of the Impacts of Maternal Deaths on Living Children in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
Little is known about the interconnectedness of maternal deaths and impacts on children, beyond infants, or the mechanisms through which this interconnectedness is established.
Shuma Jane, Jennifer Leaning, Vanessa M Boulanger, Yamin Alicia Ely, Boulanger, Vanessa, Shuma, Jane, Falb, Kathryn L., Falb, Kathryn L, Yamin, Alicia Ely, Boulanger Vanessa M., Boulanger, Vanessa M, Yamin, Alicia, Alicia Ely Yamin, Leaning Jennifer, Kathryn L Falb, Falb Kathryn L., Leaning, Jennifer, Jane Shuma   +17 more
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Scoping maternal care through the lens of maternal deaths: A retrospective analysis of maternal mortality in Georgia [PDF]

, 2020
Introduction - Reduction of the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) to 12 per 100,000 live births by 2030 is a priority target in Georgia. This study aims to assess and classify MM in Georgia by direct and indirect causes of death from 2014 to 2017, using ...
Skhvitaridze, Natia, Gamkrelidze, Amiran, Kintraia, Nikoloz, Anda, Erik Eik, Brenn, Tormod   +4 more
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Perception des prestataires de soins sur l'utilisation du partogramme au Burundi

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2013
INTRODUCTION: Le partogramme est un outil de surveillance du travail d'accouchement, qui est peu utilisé de façon régulière dans certains pays, dont le Burundi. L'objectif de cette étude avait pour objectif de documenter la perception des prestataires de
Aline Mukundwa, Laura Harris, Sylvestre Bazikamwe, Jean Francois Busogoro, Koyejo Oyerinde   +4 more
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Postings and transfers in the Ghanaian health system: a study of health workforce governance

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2017
Background Decision-making on postings and transfers – that is, the geographic deployment of the health workforce – is a key element of health workforce governance.
Aku Kwamie, Miriam Asiamah, Marta Schaaf, Irene Akua Agyepong   +3 more
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Readiness to treat and factors associated with survival of newborns with breathing difficulties in Ethiopia

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Ethiopia is one of five countries that account for half of the world’s 2.6 million newborn deaths. A quarter of neonatal deaths in Ethiopia are caused by birth asphyxia.
Wasihun Andualem Gobezie, Patricia Bailey, Emily Keyes, Ana Lorena Ruano, Habtamu Teklie   +4 more
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Autopsy versus clinical decisions regarding causes of maternal Death in Iraq

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2022
Background: Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are a leading cause of death and disability among women in developing countries. The target for mortality reduction is important, yet accurate data of maternal mortality remains challenging as ...
Batool Ali Ghalib Yassin, Aliaa Makki Hassan AL-Safi, Enaam Hasson AL-Saneed   +2 more
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A population-based surveillance study on severe acute maternal morbidity (near-miss) and adverse perinatal outcomes in Campinas, Brazil: the Vigimoma Project. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Auditing of sentinel health events based on best-practice protocols has been recommended. This study describes a population-based investigation on adverse perinatal events including severe acute maternal morbidity (near-miss), maternal and ...
Fernanda Surita, José Guilherme Cecatti, Luz Adriana G, Souza, João Paulo, Cecatti José, Eliana Amaral, Surita, Fernanda, Adriana G Luz, Luz, Adriana G, Amaral Eliana, Sousa, Maria Helena, Oona Campbell, Cecatti, José Guilherme, Sousa Maria, Campbell Oona, Campbell, Oona, Souza João, João Paulo Souza, Surita Fernanda, Maria Helena Sousa, Amaral, Eliana   +20 more
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Community health workers and accountability: reflections from an international “think-in”

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Community health workers (CHWs) are frequently put forward as a remedy for lack of health system capacity, including challenges associated with health service coverage and with low community engagement in the health system, and expected to enhance or ...
Marta Schaaf, Jonathan Fox, Stephanie M. Topp, Caitlin Warthin, Lynn P. Freedman, Rachel Sullivan Robinson, Sundararaman Thiagarajan, Kerry Scott, Thoko Maboe, Margareth Zanchetta, Ana Lorena Ruano, Maryse Kok, Svea Closser   +12 more
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