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Validation study of obstetric hospitalization data held on the Brazilian National Health System Hospital Information System for maternal morbidity surveillance: Brazil, 2021-2022 [PDF]

Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
Objective To validate the Brazilian National Health System Hospital Information System (SIH/SUS) for maternal morbidity surveillance. Methods This was a cross-sectional study conducted in 2021/2022, taking as its reference a national study on maternal ...
Rosa Maria Soares Madeira Domingues, Lana dos Santos Meijinhos, Luis Carlos Torres Guillen, Marcos Augusto Bastos Dias, Valéria Saraceni, Rejane Sobrinho Pinheiro, Natália Santana Paiva, Cláudia Medina Coeli   +7 more
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Validation of routine lymphatic filariasis morbidity surveillance in the Upper West Region, Ghana. [PDF]

PLOS Global Public Health
In Ghana and other countries pursuing elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF), suspect cases of lymphoedema and hydrocele are routinely enumerated by community health workers (CHWs) during mass drug administration (MDA). These data, in addition to cases
Hope Simpson, Kofi Agyabeng, Bright Alomatu, Ernest Mensah, Solomon Atinbire, Melissa Edmiston, Kofi Asemanyi-Mensah, Joseph Opare, Rachel L Pullan   +8 more
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Severe maternal morbidity surveillance: Monitoring pregnant women at high risk for prolonged hospitalisation and death [PDF]

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 2020
Shiliang Liu, Michael Kramer, Laura Arbour   +2 more
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Collaborative improvement project to decrease maternal mortality rate across five hospitals in Saudi Arabia

BMJ Open Quality, 2022
Maternal morbidities and mortalities remain high globally, yet are preventable events. Maternal haemorrhage is a primary cause of both maternal morbidity and mortality.
Ahmed Alzahrani, Noura Alnowaiser, Mohamed Nassif, Teresa Bissen, Yasser K Alotaibi, Mawahib Wang   +5 more
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Extent of and trends in inequalities in child stunting in Sierra-Leone from 2005 to 2013: evidence from demographic and health surveys and multiple indicator cluster surveys

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Background Comprehensive assessment of stunting disparity in Sierra-Leone has not been done so far. We aimed to document extent and over time dynamics of inequality in stunting in Sierra-Leone using approaches that facilitate implementation of ...
Gebretsadik Shibre, Betregiorigis Zegeye, Jemal Haidar   +2 more
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Persistence of Schistosomiasis-Related Morbidity in Northeast Brazil: An Integrated Spatio-Temporal Analysis

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021
Objective: To analyze the temporal trend and spatial patterns of schistosomiasis-related morbidity in Northeast Brazil, 2001–2017. Methods: Ecological study, of time series and spatial analysis, based on case notifications and hospital admission data, as
Bárbara Morgana da Silva, Anderson Fuentes Ferreira, José Alexandre Menezes da Silva, Rebeca Gomes de Amorim, Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues, Marta Cristhiany Cunha Pinheiro, Fernando Schemelzer de Moraes Bezerra, Jorg Heukelbach, Alberto Novaes Ramos   +8 more
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Epidemiological trend of notifiable infectious diseases in Yangpu District of Shanghai during 1950‒2020

Shanghai yufang yixue, 2022
ObjectiveTo analyze the characteristics and trends of notifiable infectious diseases in Yangpu District of Shanghai， from 1950 to 2020， and to provide scientific basis for the formulation of control measures.MethodsDescriptive epidemiological method was ...
JI Lu, WANG Lin, MA Shumei, HAN Xue
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Routine data for malaria morbidity estimation in Africa: challenges and prospects

BMC Medicine, 2020
Background The burden of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa remains challenging to measure relying on epidemiological modelling to evaluate the impact of investments and providing an in-depth analysis of progress and trends in malaria response globally.
Victor A. Alegana, Emelda A. Okiro, Robert W. Snow   +2 more
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The WHO maternal near-miss approach and the maternal severity index model (MSI): tools for assessing the management of severe maternal morbidity.

PLoS ONE, 2012
ObjectivesTo validate the WHO maternal near-miss criteria and develop a benchmark tool for severe maternal morbidity assessments.MethodsIn a multicenter cross-sectional study implemented in 27 referral maternity hospitals in Brazil, a one-year ...
Joao Paulo Souza, Jose Guilherme Cecatti, Samira M Haddad, Mary Angela Parpinelli, Maria Laura Costa, Leila Katz, Lale Say, Brazilian Network for Surveillance of Severe Maternal Morbidity Group, Brazilian Network for Surveillance of Severe Maternal Morbidity   +8 more
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Monitoring maternal near miss/severe maternal morbidity: A systematic review of global practices.

PLoS ONE, 2020
There is international interest in monitoring severe events in the obstetrical population, commonly referred to as maternal near miss or severe maternal morbidity.
Natalie England, Julia Madill, Amy Metcalfe, Laura Magee, Stephanie Cooper, Charleen Salmon, Kamala Adhikari   +6 more
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