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 +12 more
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Impact of violence against women on severe acute maternal morbidity in the intensive care unit, including neonatal outcomes: a case–control study protocol in a tertiary healthcare facility in Lima, Peru [PDF]
, 2018 Introduction Preventing and reducing violence against women (VAW) and maternal mortality are Sustainable Development Goals. Worldwide, the maternal mortality ratio has fallen about 44% in the last 25 years, and for one maternal death there are many women
Ayala Quintanilla, Beatriz Paulina +3 more
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Maternal death inquiry and response in India - the impact of contextual factors on defining an optimal model to help meet critical maternal health policy objectives [PDF]
, 2011 Background Maternal death reviews have been utilized in several countries as a means of identifying social and health care quality issues affecting maternal survival.
Henry D Kalter +7 more
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The Contribution of Public Health Center to Reducing Maternal Mortality [PDF]
, 2016 Backgroud: The health problems can be described on the number of Maternal Mortality (MMR), the higher of MMR toindication of so many health problems. Maternal mortality is closely related to access of quality health care.
Irianto, J. (Joko) +1 more
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AJOG Global Reports, 2022 BACKGROUND: Maternal deaths from uterine rupture continue to occur globally, with particularly high rates in sub-Saharan Africa. Maternal death reviews have been shown to be an effective part of cohesive strategies to prevent future deaths.
Imelda Namagembe, MD +6 more
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2018 Background In February 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) released “Strategies toward ending preventable maternal mortality (EPMM)” (EPMM Strategies), a direction-setting report outlining global targets and strategies for reducing maternal ...
R. Rima Jolivet +9 more
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Recombinant Activated Factor VII as a Second Line Treatment for Postpartum Hemorrhage [PDF]
Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2017 Background Severe or massive postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) has remained a leading cause of maternal mortality for decades across the world and it results in critical obstetric complications.
Soon Chang Park +4 more
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Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2023 Background: With the emergence of new mutated variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2), we have witnessed three waves of coronavirus disease (COVID) with varying severity, complication, and outcome in Punjab.
Jagdeep Kaur +3 more
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Maternal mortality and psychiatric morbidity in the perinatal period: challenges and opportunities for prevention in the Australian setting [PDF]
, 2007 •Maternal mortality associated with psychiatric illness in the perinatal period (pregnancy to the end of the first year postpartum) has until recently been under-reported in Australia due to limitations in the scope of the data collection and ...
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