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Showing 1 to 20 of 136 for “"Maternal mortality"”.
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Maternal mortality in high HIV prevalence countries: a critical analysis of the MMEIG methodology for estimating maternal mortality
… analyse critically the methodology used by the Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) to estimate maternal mortality in countries with high HIV/AIDS prevalence. This study interrogates each of the assumptions (implicit and explicit) in the MMEIG method by reviewing …
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Information Interventions to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Indonesia
… consistently records higher levels of maternal mortality than other countries in Southeast Asia with its same level of socioeconomic development. I use a quasi-experimental, difference-in-differences approach to understand whether the role of information on the risk of death in …
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Reproductive Injustice: Abortion Restrictions and Maternal Mortality Rates
… a statistically significant connection between maternal mortality rates and abortion restrictions from a reproductive injustice perspective, integrating the theory of necropolitics. Using a time-series cross-sectional analysis of all 50 U.S. states from 2009 to 2019, this study highlights the …
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Maternal Mortality at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka,1996
Maternal mortality in developed countries has declined dramatically over the last 60 years, and is now very low. Women in industrialized countries have an average lifetime risk of dying from pregnancy-related causes of between 1 in 4000 and 1 in 10,000 pregnancies whereas women in developing …
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Maternal Mortality: A Policy Comparison Between Nigeria and India.
… India hosts the greatest number of actual maternal deaths in the world, although Nigeria’s ratio of maternal deaths to live births is greater than India’s. This thesis focuses on the experience of these two countries in order to determine if India’s governmental policies, level of …
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Factors associated with maternal mortality in South Africa (2003-2008)
Maternal death is the death of woman during pregnancy or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or external causes. Health complications during pregnancy and child birth are a major challenge …
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Government Policy and Initiatives on Maternal Mortality Reduction in Nigeria
… is a case study of the decline in Nigeria’s maternal mortality ratio from 1990 to 2013. The goal was to examine the reasons behind the decline. Using a combination of ideas from Eager (2004) and Nathanson (1996) as the theoretical framework, this study explained the factors that resulted in …
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Indirect Maternal Mortality Due to Malaria: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
… Malaria is a major contributor to indirect maternal mortality in endemic regions. However, the magnitude of the effect of pregnancy on malaria-associated mortality and the role of malaria infection in maternal mortality remain uncertain. This study aimed to review the evidence and quantify …
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Efforts to Reduce Infant and Maternal Mortality in Saskatchewan During the Settlement Period
… thesis examines how the problem of infant and maternal mortality was addressed in early twentieth century Saskatchewan. During the settlement process, the government had given little thought to the needs of women and childbirth, in particular, access to medical care to ensure for safe …
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Community based strategies for reducing maternal mortality in Lusaka and Chongwe: A grounded theory approach
Zambia is one of the countries with a very high maternal mortality rate. Since the focus on attaining the Millennium Development Goals begun, the Ministry of Health has been implementing a series of strategies and interventions aimed at reducing maternal mortality with varying success. The country …
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Community based strategies for reducing maternal mortality in Lusaka and Chongwe: A grounded theory approach
Zambia is one of the countries with a very high maternal mortality rate. Since the focus on attaining the Millennium Development Goals begun, the Ministry of Health has been implementing a series of strategies and interventions aimed at reducing maternal mortality with varying success. The country …
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Perceived factors contributing to maternal mortality among women in health services in Musina Municipality, Limpopo Province
● BACKGROUND Maternal Mortality rate is defined as the death of a woman while pregnant within 42 days of termination of pregnancy irrespective of the duration/site of the pregnancy. South Africa like any other country, has high maternal mortality rate. Most deaths are caused by factors attributed …
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Fatal Restrictions: Exploring State-Level Abortion Laws, Sociodemographic Contexts, and Maternal Mortality in the United States
The United States reports one of the highest maternal mortality rates (MMR) among high-income nations, reflecting a persistent public health crisis. Pregnancy-related deaths disproportionately affect individuals across racial and socioeconomic lines, illustrating long-standing systems of …
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Training programme for elderly women to improve the reduction of maternal mortality in Limpopo Province, South Africa
… has been brought into the family. Unfortunately, maternal mortality is unacceptably high worldwide, especially in developing countries where South Africa is no exception. Approximately 810 women die daily from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Improving maternal health was …
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Risk communication as a strategy to combat maternal mortality in Nigeria: a case study in Rivers State
This study was initiated following the high maternal mortality ratio in Rivers State, Nigeria, which stands at 889 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Approximately two thirds of Nigerian women deliver their babies outside of health facilities and without medically skilled attendants, thereby, …
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Exploring socio-cultural factors that influence maternal mortality and perceived strategies for its reduction in south eastern Nigeria
… the socio-cultural factors that contribute to maternal mortality in Nigeria. Methodology: This qualitative study aimed to explore and describe the perceived socio-cultural factors impacting on maternal mortality and strategies for its reduction in South-Eastern Nigeria. Data was collected using …
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The impact of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic on maternal mortality in a South African Metropole (2020-21)
… pandemic there was a notable increase in maternal deaths across South Africa. Pre-pandemic, the Western Cape Province had made significant strides towards reducing maternal mortality. However, this progress was reversed in the pandemic period despite a relative protection of maternal care …
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Factors Contributing to Home Delivery Project to Maternal Mortality Reduction: A Case of Micheweni District in North Pemba Region
This study on maternal mortality reduction project in Micheweni district was conducted in 2015 as partial fulfilment for the completion of the Master studies in Community Economic Development. The study reveals the need for improving maternal health service delivery. The perceptions of the mothers …
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