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Achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality in rural Africa: an experience from Burundi. [PDF]

, 2012
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the reduction in maternal mortality associated with the emergency obstetric care provided by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and to compare this to the fifth Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality.
Baskett, Campbell, Filippi, Fournier, Graham, Kongnyuy, Li, Maine, Mantel, Murray, Pattinson, Paxton, Penney, Prual, Ronsmans, Say, UNICEF/WHO/UNFPA, Waterstone, WHO, Zachariah   +19 more
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Why are so many Nepali women killing themselves? A review of key issues [PDF]

, 2015
Background: For decades the maternal mortality in Nepal was the lead cause of death among women, with great improvements in the maternal mortality ratio in the twentieth century the second most common cause has become more prominent.
Dhungel, A., Fanning, C., Marahatta, S. B., Simkhada, Padam, van Teijlingen, Edwin, Winter, R. C.   +5 more
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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
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Relationship Between Household Socio-Economic Status and under-five Mortality in Rufiji DSS, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
Disparities in health outcomes between the poor and the better off are increasingly attracting attention from researchers and policy makers. However, policies aimed at reducing inequity need to be based on evidence of their nature, magnitude, and ...
Cornelius Nattey, Doctor HV, Ettarh RR, Filmer D, Honorati Masanja, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Mwageni E, Sartorius B, Xu YH   +8 more
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An Evaluation of the Role of Community Health Workers in Maternal and Child Health Surveillance in Pasuruan, East Java [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Every three minutes, somewhere in Indonesia, a child under the age of five years dies. Moreover, every hour, a woman dies from giving birth or of causes related to pregnancy.
Joebagyo, H. (Hermanu), Pangestu, N. D. (Ninil), Rahardjo, S. S. (Setyo)   +2 more
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Spatial patterns of maternal mortality causes in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Public Health of Indonesia, 2021
Background: Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) is one of the health indicators to see maternal survival in general and is a component in the health development index.
Tria Saras Pertiwi, Nauri Anggita Temesvari, Mieke Nurmalasari   +2 more
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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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Community-based health communication model as maternal mortality mitigation [PDF]

Interface: Comunicação, Saúde, Educação
The study aimed to map a community-based health communication model as a mitigation effort to reduce the risk of maternal mortality in Indonesia using a social support theory.
Petrus Ana Andung, Felisianus Efrem Jelahut, Maria V.D. Pabha Swan, Mohd. Nor Shahizan Ali   +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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Apgar score and the risk of cause specific infant mortality: a population based cohort study of 1,029,207 livebirths [PDF]

, 2014
Background<p></p> The Apgar score has been used worldwide as an index of early neonatal condition for more than 60 years. With advances in health-care service provision, neonatal resuscitation, and infant care, its present relevance is ...
Iliodromiti, Stamatina, Mackay, Daniel F., Nelson, Scott M., Pell, Jill P., Smith, Gordon C.S.   +4 more
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