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Community-linked maternal death review (CLMDR) to measure and prevent maternal mortality: a pilot study in rural Malawi. [PDF]

, 2015
In Malawi, maternal mortality remains high. Existing maternal death reviews fail to adequately review most deaths, or capture those that occur outside the health system.
Bayley, O, Chapota, H, Colbourn, T, Costello, A, Gondwe, C, Kainja, E, Kazembe, P, King, C, Mwansambo, C, Nambiar, B, Phiri, T, Rosato, M   +11 more
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From therapeutic to elective cesarean deliveries: factors associated with the increase in cesarean deliveries in Chiapas

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2017
Background Cesarean deliveries have increased over the past decade in Mexico, including those states with high percentages of indigenous language speakers, e.g., Chiapas.
María Graciela Freyermuth, José Alberto Muños, María del Pilar Ochoa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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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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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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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Antenatal Care Visits and Early Detection of Pre-eclampsia Among Pregnant Women [PDF]

, 2018
The death of pregnant women is still the world\u27s attention in the field of health. The SDG\u27s indicator provides one of the goals in the health field. The target to be achieved is a global maternal mortality ratio of less than 70/100,000 live births
Devy, S. R. (Shrimarti), Fadilah, D. R. (Dini)   +1 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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Achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality in rural Africa: an experience from Burundi. [PDF]

, 2012
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the reduction in maternal mortality associated with the emergency obstetric care provided by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and to compare this to the fifth Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality.
Baskett, Campbell, Filippi, Fournier, Graham, Kongnyuy, Li, Maine, Mantel, Murray, Pattinson, Paxton, Penney, Prual, Ronsmans, Say, UNICEF/WHO/UNFPA, Waterstone, WHO, Zachariah   +19 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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