Bernardo Hernández-Prado

TL;DR: High coverage of essential interventions did not imply reduced maternal mortality in the health-care facilities the authors studied, and the maternal severity index (MSI) had good accuracy for maternal death prediction in women with markers of organ dysfunction.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report the main findings of the WHO Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health (WHOMCS), which aimed to assess the burden of complications related to pregnancy, the coverage of key maternal health interventions, and use of the maternal severity index (MSI) in a global network of health facilities.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the accuracy of self-reported body mass index and body image perception in a population of Mexican adults, using the Kruskal-Wallis test and Logistic regression analysis.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the accuracy of the self-reported body mass index and body image perception in a population of Mexican adults and found that selfreported BMI and BIP can be useful indicators of an overweight condition in Mexican adults.

TL;DR: It is suggested that there is a great potential for family planning programs to target adolescents, and that the use of contraceptive methods after delivery should be promoted among adolescent mothers, especially those lacking access to public medical insurance and those living in semi-urban settings.