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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, Amardeep Thind, Bridget Ryan, Amanda Terry   +3 more
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Diagnostic Odyssey of Atypical Long‐Chain 3‐Hydroxyacyl‐CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (LCHADD) Explained by Three Allelic Products From Two Pathogenic Variants

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Long‐chain 3‐hydroxyacyl‐CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (LCHADD) is an autosomal recessive mitochondrial defect of long‐chain fatty acid β‐oxidation, caused by biallelic pathogenic variants in HADHA or HADHB. We report a 22‐year‐old male with an atypically mild presentation of LCHADD who was referred to the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN ...
Yutaka Furuta, Lynette C. Rives, T. Andrew Burrow, Thomas A. Cassini, Rory J. Tinker, Amy K. Robertson, Kimberly M. Ezell, Rizwan Hamid, Joy D. Cogan, John A. Phillips III   +9 more
wiley   +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.
Norheim, Ole F, Ngalesoni Frida N, Ruhago, George M., Norheim Ole F, Ruhago George M, Hulme, David; id_orcid, Ole F Norheim, Ngalesoni, F.N., Norheim, Ole Frithjof, Norheim, O.F., Wilkinson, Rorden, Ngalesoni, Frida N., Ruhago, G.M., Norheim, Ole F., Ngalesoni, Frida N, Ngalesoni, Frida, George M Ruhago, Ruhago, George M, Frida N Ngalesoni   +18 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, Mangala B Murthy, Priya M Prabhu   +2 more
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Incidence and Predictors of Maternal and Perinatal Mortality among Women with Severe Maternal Outcomes: A Tanzanian Facility-Based Survey for Improving Maternal and Newborn Care

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, Deogratius Bintabara, Simon Mujungu, Enid Chiwanga, Paulo Chetto, Mzee Nassoro   +5 more
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A Case of Multiple Mitochondrial Dysfunctions Syndrome 1 and Review of the Literature

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Multiple mitochondrial dysfunctions syndrome 1 (MMDS1, MIM #605711) due to NFU1 gene defects is an ultra‐rare autosomal recessive inborn error of metabolism associated with reduced function of NFU1 iron–sulfur cluster (ISC) scaffold protein.
Charles R. DiFalco, Aaron Williams, Claudia Soler‐Alfonso, Emily Waskow, Elizabeth Mizerik, Fernando Scaglia, Chaya N. Murali   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A population-based surveillance study on severe acute maternal morbidity (near-miss) and adverse perinatal outcomes in Campinas, Brazil: the Vigimoma Project. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Auditing of sentinel health events based on best-practice protocols has been recommended. This study describes a population-based investigation on adverse perinatal events including severe acute maternal morbidity (near-miss), maternal and ...
Fernanda Surita, José Guilherme Cecatti, Luz Adriana G, Souza, João Paulo, Cecatti José, Eliana Amaral, Surita, Fernanda, Adriana G Luz, Luz, Adriana G, Amaral Eliana, Sousa, Maria Helena, Oona Campbell, Cecatti, José Guilherme, Sousa Maria, Campbell Oona, Campbell, Oona, Souza João, João Paulo Souza, Surita Fernanda, Maria Helena Sousa, Amaral, Eliana   +20 more
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Measuring Maternal Mortality: Three Case Studies Using Verbal Autopsy with Different Platforms. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Accurate measurement of maternal mortality is needed to develop a greater understanding of the scale of the problem, to increase effectiveness of program planning and targeting, and to track progress.
Siân L Curtis, Robert G Mswia, Emily H Weaver   +2 more
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Interaction of FXTAS Family History and College Degree Attainment Predicts Trajectories of Cognitive and Motor Symptoms in FMR1 Premutation Carrier Women

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present longitudinal study focuses on FMR1 premutation carrier women during midlife and early old age (n = 115). Bringing together the genetic risk factor of a family history of FXTAS and the environmental protective factor of higher education, the goal of the study was to determine how these factors potentially interact to predict self ...
Jinkuk Hong, Leann Smith DaWalt, Jessica Klusek, Elizabeth M. Berry‐Kravis, Marsha Mailick   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge Summary 22: Reaching Child Brides [PDF]

, 2012
Child marriage affects 10 million girls under the age of 18 every year. The negative health and social impact of child marriage include higher rates of maternal and infant mortality, sexually transmitted infection, social separation, and domestic abuse
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
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