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Modeling maternal mortality in Bangladesh: the role of misoprostol in postpartum hemorrhage prevention. [PDF]
, 2014 BackgroundBangladesh is one of the few countries that may actually achieve the fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG) in time, despite skilled birth attendance remaining low.
Bell, Suzanne +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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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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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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Suicide and Maternal Mortality
Current Psychiatry Reports, 2022 Suicide is a leading cause of death in the perinatal period (pregnancy and 1 year postpartum). We review recent findings on prevalence, risk factors, outcomes, and prevention and intervention for suicide during pregnancy and the first year postpartum.Standardization of definitions and ascertainment of maternal deaths have improved identification of ...
Chin, Kathleen +3 more
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Maternal education and offspring birthweight for gestational age: the mediating effect of smoking during pregnancy [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Background Small for gestational age (SGA) birthweight, a risk factor of infant mortality and delayed child development, is associated with maternal educational attainment. Maternal tobacco smoking during pregnancy could contribute to this association. We aimed to quantify the contribution of maternal smoking during pregnancy to social inequalities in ...
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Selective Intervention Planning using Restless Multi-Armed Bandits to Improve Maternal and Child Health Outcomes [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 India has a maternal mortality ratio of 113 and child mortality ratio of 2830 per 100,000 live births. Lack of access to preventive care information is a major contributing factor for these deaths, especially in low resource households. We partner with ARMMAN, a non-profit based in India employing a call-based information program to disseminate health ...
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Obstetrics and Gynecology International, 2020 Introduction. Maternal and perinatal mortality is still a major public health challenge in Tanzania, despite the ongoing government efforts to improve maternal and newborn care.
Athanase Lilungulu +5 more
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A flexible Bayesian framework to estimate age- and cause-specific child mortality over time from sample registration data [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 In order to implement disease-specific interventions in young age groups, policy makers in low- and middle-income countries require timely and accurate estimates of age- and cause-specific child mortality. High quality data is not available in settings where these interventions are most needed, but there is a push to create sample registration systems ...
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