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Society for Maternal‐Fetal Medicine Special Statement: Assessing and using maternal mortality data [PDF]

Pregnancy
The Society for Maternal‐Fetal Medicine (SMFM) strongly supports using maternal mortality data to inform programs and interventions to reduce the high maternal mortality rate in the United States.
Society for Maternal‐Fetal Medicine (SMFM), SMFM Health Policy and Advocacy Committee, SMFM Publications Committee
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Knowledge Summary 22: Reaching Child Brides [PDF]

, 2012
Child marriage affects 10 million girls under the age of 18 every year. The negative health and social impact of child marriage include higher rates of maternal and infant mortality, sexually transmitted infection, social separation, and domestic abuse
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
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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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Maternal tetanus toxoid vaccination and neonatal mortality in rural North India [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives: Preventable neonatal mortality due to tetanus infection remains common. We aimed to examine antenatal vaccination impact in a context of continuing high neonatal mortality in rural northern India.
Singh, Abhishek, William Stones, Ogollah, Reuben, Stones, William, Reuben Ogollah, Pallikadavath, Saseendran, Saseendran Pallikadavath, Abhishek Singh   +7 more
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Maternal mortality in high HIV prevalence countries: a critical analysis of the MMEIG methodology for estimating maternal mortality [PDF]

, 2012
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.The main objective of this research is to analyse critically the methodology used by the Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) to estimate maternal mortality in countries with high ...
Gotora, Tendai
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Human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS and other important predictors of maternal mortality in Mulago Hospital Complex Kampala Uganda. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Women with severe maternal morbidity are at high risk of dying. Quality and prompt management and sometimes luck have been suggested to reduce on the risk of dying.
Othieno, Emmanuel, Othieno Emmanuel, Doyle Pat, Maconichie Noreen, Kiondo Paul, Julius N Wandabwa, Paul Kiondo, Betty Khainza, Wandabwa Julius N, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza, Khainza Betty, Noreen Maconichie, Maconichie, Noreen, Emmanuel Othieno, Doyle, Pat, Wandabwa, Julius N, Kiondo, Paul, Longo-Mbenza, Benjamin, Khainza, Betty, Longo-Mbenza Benjamin, Pat Doyle   +20 more
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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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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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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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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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