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Decline in maternal mortality in Matlab Bangladesh: a cautionary tale.
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Although the introduction of the maternity-care programme coincided with declining trends in direct obstetric mortality in the areas covered by the programme, a decline also occurred in one of the areas not receiving any such interventions, which is required in the interpretation of short-term trends in one indicator.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 1997-12-20. It has received 141 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Population.read more
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How effective is antenatal care in preventing maternal mortality and serious morbidity? An overview of the evidence
TL;DR: This is an overview of evidence of the effectiveness of antenatal care in relation to maternal mortality and serious morbidity, focused in particular on developing countries, and includes interventions aimed at preventing, detecting or treating any stage along this pathway during pregnancy.
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Community‐based intervention packages for reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality and improving neonatal outcomes
TL;DR: Assessment of the effectiveness of community-based intervention packages in reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality; and improving neonatal outcomes suggests concerns regarding insufficient information on sequence generation and regarding failure to adequately address incomplete outcome data.
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Can skilled attendance at delivery reduce maternal mortality in developing countries
TL;DR: It is proposed that skilled attendance be conceived as encompassing a partnership of skilled attendants (health professionals with the skills to provide care for normal and/or complicated deliveries), AND an enabling environment of equipment, supplies, drugs and transport for referral.
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The evidence for emergency obstetric care
TL;DR: This work searched for evidence for the effectiveness of emergency obstetric care interventions in reducing maternal mortality primarily in developing countries and found no evidence that these interventions improve maternal mortality.
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Effect on mortality of community-based maternity-care programme in rural Bangladesh
TL;DR: The findings suggest that maternal survival can be improved by the posting of midwives at village level, if they are given proper training, means, supervision, and back-up.
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A community trial of the impact of improved sexually transmitted disease treatment on the HIV epidemic in rural Tanzania: 1. Design.
Richard J. Hayes,Frank Mosha,Angus Nicoll,Heiner Grosskurth,J N Newell,Jim Todd,Japhet Killewo,Joas Rugemalila,David Mabey +8 more
TL;DR: The trial in Mwanza Region is the first randomized study of the impact of improved services for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases on the incidence of HIV infection in Tanzania, and should provide valuable data for health policy makers.
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Maternal mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh: 1976-85.
TL;DR: The introduction of a family planning program in half of the Matlab study area led to a moderate but significant reduction in maternal mortality rates, relative to the comparison area, and underscores the need for a broad-based service strategy that includes but is not limited solely to family planning, in order to achieve significant reductions in maternal deaths in settings such as rural Bangladesh.
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The potential impact of changes in fertility on infant, child, and maternal mortality
James Trussell,Anne R. Pebley +1 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that if childbearing were confined to the "prime" reproductive ages of 20-34, then infant and child mortality rates would fall by about 5 percent.