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Measuring maternal health: focus on maternal morbidity

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2013
A reduction in maternal mortality has traditionally been used as a critical measure of progress in improving maternal health. If a 75% reduction in maternal mortality between 1990 and 2015 – the target set under Millennium Development Goal 5 – is to be attained, we must redouble our efforts.
Tabassum Firoz, Doris Chou, Peter von Dadelszen, Priya Agrawal, Rachel Vanderkruik, Ozge Tuncalp, Laura A Magee, Nynke van Den Broek, Lale Say   +8 more
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Obstetric complications and socio-demographic characteristics associated with severe maternal morbidity at Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital, Tanzania: a case–control study [PDF]

Frontiers in Global Women's Health
IntroductionThe issue of severe maternal morbidity continues to pose a significant public health challenge globally and has recently emerged as a complementary metric for evaluating the quality of maternal health care.
Erick Justin Mbogoro, Erick Justin Mbogoro, Mathew Senga, Rebecca Mokeha   +3 more
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Trends and factors associated with delivery hospitalizations involving severe maternal morbidity in portuguese public hospitals: A population-based study (2010–2018) [PDF]

Scientific Reports
This study aimed to estimate Severe Maternal Morbidity (SMM) rates and trends among public hospital deliveries in Portugal, 2010–2018, and identify associated factors.
Catarina Camarinha, Maria Miguel Oliveira, Miguel de Araújo Nobre, Cristina Furtado, Cecília Elias, Leonor Bacelar-Nicolau, Andreia Silva Costa, Paulo Jorge Nogueira   +7 more
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Maternal Vulnerability Index and Severe Maternal Morbidity.

JAMA Netw Open
ImportanceFew studies have investigated the association of composite measures of neighborhood social determinants of health with severe maternal morbidity (SMM), and no research has examined this association for indices tailored to maternal health.ObjectiveTo examine the association of scores in the Maternal Vulnerability Index (MVI), a tool developed ...
Boghossian NS, Radack J, Passarella M, Phibbs CS, Greenberg LT, Buzas JS, Saade GR, Rogowski J, Lorch SA.   +8 more
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Severe Maternal Morbidity in Scotland

Obstetric Anesthesia Digest, 2022
(Anaesthesia. 2022;77:971–980) The rate of maternal mortality in the United Kingdom is at its lowest in history. Studying severe maternal morbidity may give insights into how to further reduce both mortality and morbidity in pregnancy and childbirth.
J. A. Masterson, I. Adamestam, M. Beatty, J. P. Boardman, P. Johnston, J. Joss, H. Lawrence, K. Litchfield, T. S. Walsh, A. Wise, R. Wood, C. J. Weir, F. C. Denison, N. I. Lone   +13 more
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Collaborative improvement project to decrease maternal mortality rate across five hospitals in Saudi Arabia

BMJ Open Quality, 2022
Maternal morbidities and mortalities remain high globally, yet are preventable events. Maternal haemorrhage is a primary cause of both maternal morbidity and mortality.
Ahmed Alzahrani, Noura Alnowaiser, Mohamed Nassif, Teresa Bissen, Yasser K Alotaibi, Mawahib Wang   +5 more
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Doula care across the maternity care continuum and impact on maternal health: Evaluation of doula programs across three states using propensity score matching

EClinicalMedicine, 2022
Summary: Background: This evaluation of doula care emerges at a time when maternal mortality in the U.S. outranks every country in the developed world.
April M. Falconi, Samantha G. Bromfield, Trúc Tang, Demetria Malloy, Denae Blanco, RN Susan Disciglio, RN Winnie Chi   +6 more
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Peripartum infections and associated maternal mortality in rural Malawi [PDF]

, 2011
Article approval pendingTo assess associations between maternal mortality and severe morbidity and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, uptake of antiretroviral therapy, obstetric infections, and nonobstetric infections in a rural Malawian ...
Ahmad, Beatrice Mwagomba, Bemelmans, Bryant, Chiphangwi, Denny, Ford, Hogan, Jahn, Jos van Roosmalen, Lapaire, Louis, McIntyre, Mehta, Moodley, Mwagomba, Nathan Ford, Pollack, Semprini, Stefan de Vroome, Thomas van den Akker, van den Akker, Walson, Zachariah   +23 more
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Outcome of Women Referred with Postcaesarean Complication in a Tertiary Care Centre in North India: A Retrospective Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022
Introduction: Rate of Caesarean Sections (CS) has increased over the last few decades. There is an increased referral of women with postcaesarean complications. Aim: To evaluate the outcome of women with postcaesarean complications.
Smriti Agrawal, Tripathi Vartika
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Study on maternal morbidity among the pregnant mothers attending a tertiary care hospital in Kolkata [PDF]

Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Introduction: Maternal morbidity represents hidden part of iceberg while maternal mortality represents its tip. Thus it is essential to prevent maternal morbidity to put a stop to maternal mortality and maternal near miss episode.
Sonali Sain
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