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Human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS and other important predictors of maternal mortality in Mulago Hospital Complex Kampala Uganda. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Women with severe maternal morbidity are at high risk of dying. Quality and prompt management and sometimes luck have been suggested to reduce on the risk of dying.
Othieno, Emmanuel, Othieno Emmanuel, Doyle Pat, Maconichie Noreen, Kiondo Paul, Julius N Wandabwa, Paul Kiondo, Betty Khainza, Wandabwa Julius N, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza, Khainza Betty, Noreen Maconichie, Maconichie, Noreen, Emmanuel Othieno, Doyle, Pat, Wandabwa, Julius N, Kiondo, Paul, Longo-Mbenza, Benjamin, Khainza, Betty, Longo-Mbenza Benjamin, Pat Doyle   +20 more
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Maternal mortality in the informal settlements of Nairobi city: what do we know? [PDF]

, 2009
Background: current estimates of maternal mortality ratios in Kenya are at least as high as 560 deaths per 100,000 live births. Given the pervasive poverty and lack of quality health services in slum areas, the maternal mortality situation in this ...
Kyobutungi, Catherine, Catherine Kyobutungi, Alex Ezeh, Kyobutungi Catherine, Nyovani, Madise, Alex, Ezeh, Mills, Samuel, Madise, Nyovani, Samuel, Mills, Ezeh, Alex, Madise Nyovani, Ziraba Abdhalah, Ezeh Alex, Abdhalah Kasiira Ziraba, Mills Samuel, Catherine, Kyobutungi, Samuel Mills, Ziraba, Abdhalah Kasiira, Nyovani Madise   +18 more
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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
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Association between maternal mortality and caesarean section in Ethiopia: a national cross-sectional study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background Several studies concluded that there is a reduction of maternal deaths with improved access to caesarean section, while other studies showed the existence of a direct association between the two variables.
Ayele Geleto, Catherine Chojenta, Tefera Taddele, Deborah Loxton   +3 more
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Human Development Index of the maternal country of origin and its relationship with maternal near miss: A systematic review of the literature

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background The reduction in maternal mortality worldwide has increased the interest in studying more frequent severe events such as maternal near miss.
Santiago García-Tizón Larroca, Francisco Amor Valera, Esther Ayuso Herrera, Ignacio Cueto Hernandez, Yolanda Cuñarro Lopez, Juan De Leon-Luis   +5 more
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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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MODEL SOSIO EKOLOGI PERILAKU KESEHATAN DAN PENDEKATAN CONTINUUM OF CARE UNTUK MENURUNKAN ANGKA KEMATIAN IBU

The Indonesian Journal of Public Health, 2017
Maternal mortality rate is the important health indicator which is used as a component of Nation Development Index or quality of life index in all countries in the world.
Sri Sumarmi
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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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Mortality Rate and Predictors Among Women With Obstructed Labor in a Tertiary Academic Medical Center of Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study

SAGE Open Nursing, 2023
Introduction Obstructed labor is one of the most common preventable causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. In Ethiopia, 36% of maternal mortality was due to obstructed labor with uterine rupture.
Melaku Desta MSc, Addisu Andualem Ferede MSc   +1 more
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Institutional delivery in Ethiopia: Alternative options for improvement

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2022
Maternal mortality is a critical healthcare system quality indicator and is measured by the number of maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births. Despite huge achievements towards reducing maternal mortality, the prevalence of maternal death remains ...
Fisseha Zewdu Amdie, Timothy Landers, Kevin Woo   +2 more
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