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Disparities in maternal mortality

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2023
Maternal mortality rates in the USA remain high, with persistent racial and socioeconomic disparities. We identified 207,016 hospital admissions for pregnant women in Maryland, from 2017 to 2019.
Phuong Tran, Barbara Jreij, Farideh Sistani, Fadia T. Shaya   +3 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, McDonald, Susan J, Pollock, Wendy E, Taft, Angela J   +3 more
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Maternal mortality in Yazd Province, Iran

Electronic Physician, 2016
Introduction: Five hundred thousand maternal deaths occur each year worldwide, many of which are in developing countries. The maternal mortality rate is a measure that demonstrates the degree of adequacy of prenatal care and of economic and social ...
Mojgan Karimi-Zarchi, Marzie Ghane-Ezabadi, Mohammadreza Vafaienasab, Ali Dehghan, Fateme Ghasemi, Mahbube Zaidabadi, Leila Zanbagh, Pouria Yazdian-Anari, Soraya Teimoori   +8 more
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Measuring maternal mortality : an overview of opportunities and options for developing countries [PDF]

, 2008
Background:There is currently an unprecedented expressed need and demand for estimates of maternal mortality in developing countries. This has been stimulated in part by the creation of a Millennium Development Goal that will be judged partly on the ...
A Paxton, AP MacKay, C AbouZahr, C Chandra-Sekar, C Hunger, C Ronsmans, C Ronsmans, C Stanton, C Stanton, C Stanton, CJ Murray, CL Abou-Zahr, D Chandromahan, E Fottrell, E Gakidou, F Binka, J Shiffman, K Hill, K Hill, K Hill, Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt, N Rutenberg, N Walker, O Campbell, OMR Campbell, OMR Campbell, PD Ghys, PW Setel, S Ahmed, S Ahmed, SC Amstrup, T Boerma, T Wardlaw, UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA, United Nations, V Fauveau, W Brass, WJ Graham, WJ Graham, WJ Graham, WJ Graham, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization/UNICEF   +46 more
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Addressing Inequity to Achieve the Maternal and Child Health Millennium Development Goals: Looking Beyond Averages. [PDF]

, 2012
Inequity in access to and use of child and maternal health interventions is impeding progress towards the maternal and child health Millennium Development Goals.
A Amouzou, AR Hosseinpoor, C Kurowski, CG Victora, CG Victora, D Gwatkin, D McIntyre, DR Gwatkin, E Zere, E Zere, Frida N Ngalesoni, FutureInstitute, George M Ruhago, H Masanja, I Rudan, J Boerma, J Bryce, L Say, M Fox, M Islam, M Munga, MC Hogan, MOHSW, MOHSW, N Daniels, N Kakwani, N Walker, NBS[Tanzania] and ORCMacro, Ole F Norheim, R Lozano, S Thomsen, T Mkandawire, TH Julian, UNICEF, W DeCormier-Plosky, W Winfrey, W.H.O   +36 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.
Boulanger, Vanessa M, Falb, Kathryn L, Leaning, Jennifer, Shuma, Jane, Yamin, Alicia Ely   +4 more
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Temporal and spatial evolution of maternal and neonatal mortality rates in Brazil, 1997–2012

Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português), 2016
Objective: Maternal and neonatal mortality are important public health issues in low‐income countries. This study evaluated spatial and temporal maternal and neonatal mortality trends in Brazil between 1997 and 2012.
Nádia Cristina Pinheiro Rodrigues, Denise Leite Maia Monteiro, Andréa Sobral de Almeida, Mônica Barros de Lima Barros, André Pereira Neto, Gisele O’Dwyer, Mônica Kramer de Noronha Andrade, Matthew Brian Flynn, Valéria Teresa Saraiva Lino   +8 more
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Maternal mortality ratio in China from 1990 to 2019: trends, causes and correlations

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Maternal mortality ratio is an important indicator to evaluate the health status in developing countries. Previous studies on maternal mortality ratio in China were limited to certain areas or short periods of time, and there was a lack of ...
Lu Chen, Penghui Feng, Lance Shaver, Zengwu Wang   +3 more
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Survey study of effective factors on maternal mortality in Kurdestan province from 1998 to 2002 [PDF]

حیات, 2004
Introduction: Pregnancy is a natural phenomena and basis of birth but can induce various dangers to mother and fetus. Since mother is the central part of family, maternal mortality would be an irreparable damage to the community.
Golyan Tehrani Sh, Holakoei K, Zarei M
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Statistical risk prediction models for adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes in severe preeclampsia in a low-resource setting: proposal for a single-centre cross-sectional study at Mpilo Central Hospital, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

BMC Research Notes, 2019
Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are a leading cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality, especially in low-resource settings. Identifying mothers and babies at greatest risk of complications would enable intervention to be targeted to ...
Solwayo Ngwenya, Brian Jones, Alexander Edward Patrick Heazell, Desmond Mwembe   +3 more
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