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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
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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
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Maternal mortality in the informal settlements of Nairobi city: what do we know? [PDF]

, 2009
Background: current estimates of maternal mortality ratios in Kenya are at least as high as 560 deaths per 100,000 live births. Given the pervasive poverty and lack of quality health services in slum areas, the maternal mortality situation in this ...
Kyobutungi, Catherine, Catherine Kyobutungi, Alex Ezeh, Kyobutungi Catherine, Nyovani, Madise, Alex, Ezeh, Mills, Samuel, Madise, Nyovani, Samuel, Mills, Ezeh, Alex, Madise Nyovani, Ziraba Abdhalah, Ezeh Alex, Abdhalah Kasiira Ziraba, Mills Samuel, Catherine, Kyobutungi, Samuel Mills, Ziraba, Abdhalah Kasiira, Nyovani Madise   +18 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, Natia Skhvitaridze, Erik Eik Anda, Nikoloz Kintraia, Amiran Gamkrelidze, Tormod Brenn   +9 more
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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
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Renal Challenges in Pregnancy: Investigating Acute Kidney Failure and Perinatal Well-beingA Prospective Descriptive Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023
Introduction: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) poses life-threatening risks in pregnancy, leading to adverse perinatal and maternal outcomes. Aim: To estimate the incidence of Pregnancy-Related Acute Kidney Injury (PRAKI) and describe maternal and foetal ...
Yedla Anitha, Bhashyam Srilakshmi, Poornima Penmetsa, Rose Mary Penumaka   +3 more
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Healthcare workers’ clinical knowledge on maternal and newborn care in Ethiopia: findings from 2016 national EmONC assessment

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Improving maternal and newborn health indicators are key if Ethiopia is to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. To do so, women need access to skilled attendance at birth and emergency obstetric and newborn care. To maximize their impact,
Theodros Getachew Zemedu, Aster Teshome, Yared Tadesse, Abebe Bekele, Emily Keyes, Patricia Bailey, Ana Lorena Ruano   +6 more
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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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An autopsy study of maternal mortality in Mozambique: the contribution of infectious diseases. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Maternal mortality is a major health problem concentrated in resource-poor regions. Accurate data on its causes using rigorous methods is lacking, but is essential to guide policy-makers and health professionals to reduce this intolerable ...
Llorenç Quintó, Bardaji Azucena, Naniche Denise, Jaume Ordi, Quintó Llorenç, Alonso Pedro L, Carlota Dobaño, Quintó, Llorenç, Dobaño, Carlota, Clara Menéndez, Azucena Bardaji, Saute Francisco, Dobaño Carlota, Ordi, Jaume, Francisco Saute, Machungo Fernanda, Ismail, Mamudo R, Mamudo R Ismail, Alfredo Mayor, Carrilho Carla, Osman Nafissa, Menéndez, Clara, Pedro L Alonso, Mayor Alfredo, Saute, Francisco, Menéndez Clara, Ordi Jaume, Fernanda Machungo, Romagosa, Cleofé, Ismail Mamudo R, Carrilho, Carla, Machungo, Fernanda, Nafissa Osman, Cleofé Romagosa, Carla Carrilho, Osman, Nafissa, Denise Naniche, Naniche, Denise, Bardaji, Azucena, Alonso, Pedro L, Mayor, Alfredo, Romagosa Cleofé, Dobaño, Carlota, 1969-, Ismail, Mamudo Rafik, Romagosa Pérez-Portabella, Cleofé, Ordi i Majà, Jaume, Alonso, Pedro, Mayor Aparicio, Alfredo Gabriel   +47 more
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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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