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Maternal death and offspring fitness in multiple wild primates

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020
Significance Extensive care of offspring by mothers is a fundamental trait of all mammals, including humans, and the loss of a mother can be catastrophic for offspring. Here, we identify previously undocumented ways in which the death of a mother affects
Matthew N. Zipple, J. Altmann, F. Campos, M. Cords, L. Fedigan, R. Lawler, E. Lonsdorf, S. Perry, A. Pusey, T. Stoinski, K. Strier, S. Alberts   +11 more
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Causes of maternal deaths and delays in care: comparison between routine maternal death surveillance and response system and an obstetrician expert panel in Tanzania

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background To reduce maternal mortality Tanzania introduced Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) system in 2015 as recommended by World Health Organization (WHO).
Ali Said, M. Målqvist, A. Pembe, S. Massawe, C. Hanson   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cesarean delivery rates, hospital readiness and quality of clinical management in Ethiopia: national results from two cross-sectional emergency obstetric and newborn care assessments

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background Cesarean delivery (CD) rates have reached epidemic levels in many high and middle income countries while increasingly, low income countries are challenged both by high urban CD rates and high unmet need in rural areas.
Misrak Getnet Beyene, Theodros Getachew Zemedu, Azmach Hadush Gebregiorgis, Ana Lorena Ruano, Patricia E. Bailey   +4 more
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Violence As a Direct Cause of and Indirect Contributor to Maternal Death.

Journal of Women's Health, 2020
Background: Death during pregnancy and postpartum in the United States is an issue of urgent and growing concern. Mortality from obstetric-related causes is on the rise, and pregnancy-associated homicide remains a leading cause of death.
M. Wallace, Norah Friar, J. Herwehe, K. Theall   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Institutional maternal and perinatal deaths: a review of 40 low and middle income countries

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017
Background Understanding the magnitude and clinical causes of maternal and perinatal mortality are basic requirements for positive change. Facility-based information offers a contextualized resource for clinical and organizational quality improvement. We
Patricia E. Bailey, Wasihun Andualem, Michel Brun, Lynn Freedman, Sourou Gbangbade, Malick Kante, Emily Keyes, Edwin Libamba, Allisyn C. Moran, Halima Mouniri, Dahada Ould el Joud, Kavita Singh   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Severe acute maternal morbidity and associated deaths in conflict and post-conflict settings in Africa [PDF]

, 2012
SETTING:  Five hospitals in four conflict and post-conflict countries (Democratic Republic of Congo, Somaliland, Sierra Leone and Burundi). OBJECTIVES:  To report among hospital deliveries: 1) the proportion of severe acute maternal morbidity (SAMM), 2 ...
Hinderaker, S G, Manzi, M, Tamura, M, Van Den Bergh, R, Zachariah, R   +4 more
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Triangulating data sources for further learning from and about the MDSR in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional review of facility based maternal death data from EmONC assessment and MDSR system

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background Triangulating findings from MDSR with other sources can better inform maternal health programs. A national Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) assessment and the Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) system provided data to ...
Azmach Hadush, Ftalew Dagnaw, Theodros Getachew, Patricia E. Bailey, Ruth Lawley, Ana Lorena Ruano   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implementation of maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response system among health facilities in Morogoro Region: a descriptive cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background When used effectively, the Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) system can bring into reality a revolutionary victory in the fight against maternal and perinatal mortality from avoidable causes.
Christina Jacob Kashililika, Fabiola Vincent Moshi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predictors and causes of in-hospital maternal deaths within 120 h of admission at a tertiary hospital in South-Western, Nigeria: A retrospective cohort study

Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2022
Background: An efficient, comprehensive emergency obstetrics care (CEMOC) can considerably reduce the burden of maternal mortality (MM) in Nigeria. Information about the risk of maternal death within 120 h of admission can reflect the quality of CEMOC ...
Joseph Ayodeji Olamijulo, Gbenga Olorunfemi, Halimat Osman   +2 more
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Why are so many Nepali women killing themselves? A review of key issues [PDF]

, 2015
Background: For decades the maternal mortality in Nepal was the lead cause of death among women, with great improvements in the maternal mortality ratio in the twentieth century the second most common cause has become more prominent.
Dhungel, A., Fanning, C., Marahatta, S. B., Simkhada, Padam, van Teijlingen, Edwin, Winter, R. C.   +5 more
core   +1 more source