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Contraceptive use and maternal mortality in Indonesia: a community-level ecological analysis
Reproductive Health, 2021 Background Prior studies have shown that contraceptive use reduces maternal mortality independently of other maternal health services. The present study took advantage of geographically detailed Indonesian data to study the interplay between ...
Riznawaty Imma Aryanty +6 more
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Will South Africa meet the Sustainable Development Goals target for maternal mortality by 2030?
South African Medical JournalIn September 2015, South Africa (SA) and 192 countries adopted Agenda 2030, which included the Sustainable Development Goals. With a mere 6 years to go before 2030, it is useful to understand what progress SA is making towards their attainment.
Y Pillay, J M Moodley
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2018 Background Maternal ‘near miss’ can be a proxy for maternal death and it describes women who nearly died due to obstetric complications. It measures life threatening pregnancy related complications and allows the assessment of the quality of obstetric ...
Henry Chikadaya +2 more
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BMC Public Health, 2019 Background Reducing maternal mortality remains a global priority. In 2000, the United Nations Member States pledged to work towards a series of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in which the fifth target was to reduce maternal mortality ratio by 75 ...
Pengyu Zhao +5 more
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020 Background While maternal mortality has declined worldwide in the past 25 years, this is not the case for Cameroon. Since there is a predominantly young population in this country, high maternal mortality ratios may persist.
Catherine Meh +2 more
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Health Economics Review, 2022 Background Maternal and neonatal mortality is high in South Asia. Recent studies have identified factors such as adolescent female fertility, healthcare spending is reducing maternal and neonatal mortality.
Shongkour Roy, Tanjina Khatun
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Maternal health and its affecting factors in Nepal
Family Medicine and Community Health, 2016 Maternal health is still a public health problem in developing countries, especially in low-resource settings rural and poor communities. The main aim of this article is to critically evaluate and explore the situation of maternal health in Nepal based ...
Gehendra Mahara +4 more
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Maternal Mortality in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Five Year Review
Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College, 2018 Background: To find out the maternal mortality in a tertiary care hospital. Methods: In this retrospective study, data regarding maternal mortality was collected .
Rizwana Anjum et al.,
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Levels and determinants of maternal mortality in northern and southern Nigeria
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019 Background Maternal mortality is still a major risk for women of childbearing age in Nigeria. In 2008, Nigeria bore 14% of the global burden of maternal mortality.
Catherine Meh +3 more
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Maternal mortality in a tertiary care hospital: A 10-year review
International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2013 Background: Epidemiological data pertaining to maternal mortality is valuable in each set up to design interventional programs to favourably reduce the ratio.
Bhaskar K Murthy +2 more
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