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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
core  

The maternal mortality consequences of losing abortion access [PDF]

, 2022
We update estimates of the maternal mortality impact of no abortions occurring in the U.S. following the recent release of new national and state abortion incidence data for 2020.
Leslie Root, Jane Menken, Amanda Jean Stevenson   +2 more
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Society for Maternal‐Fetal Medicine Special Statement: Assessing and using maternal mortality data

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
doaj   +1 more source

Hidden Maternal Mortality? Under-Registration of Maternal Mortality in Maastricht, 1870–1910

Historical Life Course Studies
Maternal mortality rates in the 19th-century Netherlands were low compared to other European countries. But was this due to high-quality midwifery care or under-registration? This study examines maternal mortality registration in Maastricht by comparing
Mayra Murkens, Wieke Elien Metzlar
doaj   +1 more source

Incidence of maternal near miss in the public health sector of Harare, Zimbabwe: a prospective descriptive study

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, Mugove Gerald Madziyire, Stephen P. Munjanja   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Avidin is evolutionarily conserved in fish but dispensable for development and resistance against Streptococcus agalactiae in zebrafish

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The presence of biotin‐binding avidin proteins in fish and their biological significance are poorly characterized. We cataloged fish avidins and demonstrate that they are widely present and evolutionarily conserved. We created avd knockout zebrafish and show that zebavidin is dispensable for development and that resistance of avd knockout embryos in ...
Anni K. Saralahti, Markus J. T. Ojanen, Mataleena Parikka, Otto Kauko, Mika Rämet, Vesa P. Hytönen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of basic public health service project on maternal health services: an interrupted time series study

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, Yifan Diao, Lili You, Shichao Wu, Li Yang, Yuanli Liu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ratios and determinants of maternal mortality: a comparison of geographic differences in the northern and southern regions of Cameroon

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, Amardeep Thind, Amanda L. Terry   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, NohanArum Romadlona, Besral Besral, Elvi Debora P. Panggabean, Budi Utomo, Richard Makalew, Robert J. Magnani   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Building a Framework for Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in the Rheumatology Context: Content and Approaches

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
People with systemic autoimmune and rheumatic diseases (SARDs) are at higher risk than the general population of experiencing adverse pregnancy and perinatal outcomes such as preeclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction, and maternal and/or fetal death.
Mehret Birru Talabi, Sonya Borrero
wiley   +1 more source