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Population and Reproductive Health [PDF]

, 2009
Outlines the foundation's grantmaking strategies to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity and to advance youths' sexual and reproductive health and rights.

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The Impact of the Parental Patterns of Morbidity and Comorbidity in the Cross‐Generational Transmission of Risk for Major Depression and Alcohol Use Disorder

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To further understand the inter‐relationship of the familial transmission of major depression (MD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD), we examine, via a multivariable Cox proportional hazards model, risks for AUD and MD in 1,244,516 individuals born in Sweden from 1970 to 1990 to intact mother–father pairs as a function of parental diagnoses of MD
Kenneth S. Kendler, Linda Abrahamsson, Jan Sundquist, Kristina Sundquist   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maternal Mortality – A Challenge? [PDF]

Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University, 2013
Background : The current maternal mortality rate (MMR) in Maharashtra is 104/100000 live births, ranking 3rd in India. There is scope for reducing it as majority of the causes of MMR are preventable and curable.
Shital G. Sonone, Varsha N. Patil, Meenakshi Surve, M. A. Shinde   +3 more
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Accelerating Maternal and Child Health Gains in Papua New Guinea [PDF]

, 2015
Many priority countries in the countdown to the millennium development goals deadline are lagging in progress towards maternal and child health (MCH) targets. Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one such country beset by challenges of geographical inaccessibility,
Byrne, Abbey, Hodge, Andrew, Jimenez-Soto, Eliana   +2 more
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Non‐Invasive Prenatal Testing by Cell‐Free DNA (cfNIPT) for Detecting Turner Syndrome With Mosaicism and Structural Variants—Prenatal Findings and Postnatal Outcomes

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Turner Syndrome (TS) is a sex chromosomal disorder associated with karyotype heterogeneity. Although TS can be associated with severe prenatal findings, most often linked to the 45, X karyotype, the majority of TS fetuses have no overt phenotype, resulting in delayed diagnosis and management.
Ivonne Bedei, Johanna Bruder, Ida C. B. Lund, Simon H. Thomsen, Ida Vogel, Andrea T. Maciel‐Guerra, Francisco Alvarez‐Nava, Melissa L. Crenshaw, Roland Axt‐Fliedner, Claus H. Gravholt, Anne Skakkebæk   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The MacArthur Foundation in Nigeria: Report on Activities 2009 [PDF]

, 2009
Highlights the foundation's work to build the scientific research capacity of Nigerian universities, to reduce maternal mortality and improve sexual and reproductive health, and to advance human rights.

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Management of Cardiovascular Health Issues in Turner Syndrome: Expert Insights and Expanded Recommendations From the 2024 Guideline Development Team

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Turner syndrome (TS) is frequently complicated by congenital heart disease (CHD). While left‐sided lesions such as bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) and coarctation of the aorta are the most common structural heart lesions in TS, other anomalies, such as aortic arch malformations, hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), persistent left superior vena
Katya de Groote, Sheetal R. Patel, Kristian Havmand Mortensen, Isabel Witvrouwen, Anthonie Duijnhouwer, Nicole M. Brown, Jasmine Grewal, Kathryn C. Chatfield, Aaron T. Dorfman, Siddharth K. Prakash   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mortalidade materna no Município do Rio de Janeiro, 1993 a 1996

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
O coeficiente de mortalidade materna é considerado um importante indicador da qualidade da assistência prestada à mulher no período gravídico-puerperal.
Mariza Miranda Theme-Filha, Rosanna Iozzi da Silva, Claudio P. Noronha   +2 more
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A Retrospective Study On Maternal Deaths And Its Causes In A Tertiary Care Teaching Institute In Northern Telangana

Perspectives In Medical Research, 2019
Background: Maternal mortality is a strong indicator for measuring the health care provided to the women by any society. Although pregnancy is considered physiological at times it leads to morbidity and even death.
Satyaprabha S1, Vivekananda A2, Mythreai3, Wilson V4
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Millennium Development Goals Report Card: Learning From Progress [PDF]

, 2010
Summarizes initial findings on both absolute and relative progress toward the millennium development goals to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, reduce child mortality, and improve maternal health at national, sub-national, and regional ...

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