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Effect of Puerperal Infections on Early Neonatal Mortality: A Secondary Analysis of Six Demographic and Health Surveys.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
BackgroundAround 1.5 million annual neonatal deaths occur in the first week of life, and infections represent one of the major causes in developing countries.
Saverio Bellizzi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of placenta praevia by world region: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

open access: yes, 2013
OBJECTIVES: (i) To estimate the prevalence burden of placenta praevia in each world region, and (ii) to investigate potential sources of heterogeneity. METHODS: Systematic review of the literature and random-effects meta-analysis.
Aliyu   +63 more
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Unpacking the enabling factors for hand, cord and birth-surface hygiene in Zanzibar maternity units. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Recent national surveys in The United Republic of Tanzania have revealed poor standards of hygiene at birth in facilities. As more women opt for institutional delivery, improving basic hygiene becomes an essential part of preventative strategies for ...
Ali, Ali O   +15 more
core   +1 more source

Sepse e choque séptico na gestação: manejo clínico Sepsis and septic shock during pregnancy: clinical management

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 2008
A sepse é uma das principais causas de morte materna, estando relacionada a infecções de origem obstétrica (aborto infectado, corioamnionite, infecção puerperal) ou não-obstétricas (resultando de infecções que acometem outros sítios).
Eveline Oliveira de Castro   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

HIV/AIDS and pregnancy-related deaths in Blantyre, Malawi [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Background: HIV/AIDS epidemic is one of the major factors affecting women’s health and impeding national efforts to improve it especially in sub-Saharan Africa.
Changole, J.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Health System Support for Childbirth care in Southern Tanzania: Results from a Health Facility Census. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Progress towards reaching Millennium Development Goals four (child health) and five (maternal health) is lagging behind, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, despite increasing efforts to scale up high impact interventions.
A Jahn   +68 more
core   +5 more sources

Nivel de cumplimiento del protocolo para la atención de la endometritis y endomiometritis puerperal en mujeres ingresadas en el servicio de maternidad del Hospital Bertha Calderón Roque, Managua/Nicaragua durante el año 2014 y I semestre del año 2015 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Se realizó un estudio de tipo descriptivo de corte transversal, en la sala de maternidad del Hospital de referencia nacional Bertha Calderón Roque, durante el período del año 2014 y primer semestre de 2015.
Herrera Ponce, Laura Sofía   +1 more
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