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The impact of family planning on maternal mortality in Indonesia: what future contribution can be expected?

Population Health Metrics, 2021
Background Although efforts to reduce high maternal mortality in countries such as Indonesia tend to focus on addressing health risks among pregnant women, family planning has been shown globally to reduce maternal mortality by reducing both total and ...
B. Utomo, P. Sucahya, N. Romadlona, A. Robertson, Riznawaty Imma Aryanty, R. Magnani   +5 more
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Maternal Mortality

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, 2009
This review summarizes recent developments in maternal mortality surveillance, and draws from recent confidential mortality reports to suggest ways the anesthesiologist can contribute to safer systems of care.Maternal mortality rates appear to be static in much of the developed world, but are increasing in the USA.
Jashnani, K.D., Rupani, A.B., Wani, R.J.
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Maternal mortality by COVID-19 in Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, 2021
SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus of severe acute respiratory syndrome, which causes a predominantly respiratory disease called COVID-19, quickly caused a pandemic, due to its high transmissibility, leaving a trail of deaths around the world.
A. Souza, M. Amorim
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Global and regional estimates of orphans attributed to maternal cancer mortality in 2020

Nature Medicine, 2022
Despite women being disproportionally affected by cancer deaths at young ages, there are no global estimates of the resulting maternal orphans, who experience health and education disadvantages throughout their lives.
F. Guida, R. Kidman, J. Ferlay, J. Schüz, I. Soerjomataram, Benda Kithaka, O. Ginsburg, Raymond B. Mailhot Vega, M. Galukande, G. Parham, S. Vaccarella, K. Canfell, A. Ilbawi, Benjamin O Anderson, F. Bray, I. dos-Santos-Silva, V. McCormack   +16 more
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Maternal Mortality in the United States

Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2021
Although previously reported increases in maternal mortality in the United States were a surveillance artifact, there remains substantial opportunity for preventing maternal death and reducing disparities.
K. Joseph, A. Boutin, S. Lisonkova, G. Muraca, N. Razaz, S. John, A. Mehrabadi, Y. Sabr, C. Ananth, E. Schisterman   +9 more
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Ethiopia’s commitment towards achieving sustainable development goal on reduction of maternal mortality: There is a long way to go

Women's Health, 2021
Maternal mortality reduction has been recognized as a key healthcare problem that requires prioritizing in addressing. In 2015, the United Nations has set Sustainable Development Goals to reduce global maternal mortality ratio to 70 per 100,000 live ...
A. A. Ayele, Yonas Getaye Tefera, L. East   +2 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
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Maternal mortality in the covid-19 pandemic: findings from a rapid systematic review

Global Health Action, 2021
Background The COVID-19 pandemic is having significant direct and associated effects on many health outcomes, including maternal mortality. As a useful marker of healthcare system functionality, trends in maternal mortality provide a lens to gauge impact
C. Calvert, J. John, F. Nzvere, J. Cresswell, S. Fawcus, E. Fottrell, L. Say, W. Graham   +7 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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Healthcare utilization and maternal and child mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in 18 low- and middle-income countries: An interrupted time-series analysis with mathematical modeling of administrative data

PLoS Medicine, 2022
Background The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had wide-reaching direct and indirect impacts on population health. In low- and middle-income countries, these impacts can halt progress toward reducing maternal and child mortality.
T. Ahmed, T. Roberton, P. Vergeer, Peter M Hansen, Michael A. Peters, A. Ofosu, C. Mwansambo, C. Nzelu, C. S. Wesseh, Francis Smart, J. Alfred, Mamoutou Diabaté, M. Baye, M. L. Yansané, Naod Wendrad, Nurfaiza Mohamud, Paul Mbaka, S. Yuma, Y. Ndiaye, Husnia Sadat, H. Uddin, Helen Kiarie, Raharison Tsihory, G. Mwinnyaa, Jean de Dieu Rusatira, Pablo Amor Fernandez, Pierre Muhoza, Prativa Baral, S. Drouard, T. Hashemi, Jed Friedman, Gil Shapira   +31 more
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