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Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 1980-2008: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5.
Margaret C. Hogan,Margaret C. Hogan,Kyle J Foreman,Mohsen Naghavi,Stephanie Y. Ahn,Mengru Wang,Susanna M Makela,Alan D. Lopez,Rafael Lozano,Christopher J L Murray +9 more
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Although only 23 countries are on track to achieve a 75% decrease in MMR by 2015, countries such as Egypt, China, Ecuador, and Bolivia have been achieving accelerated progress and substantial, albeit varied, progress has been made towards MDG 5.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2010-05-08. It has received 2163 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sisterhood method & Obstetric transition.read more
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Adolescent Health 1 Adolescence: a foundation for future health
Susan M Sawyer,Rima Afifi,Linda H. Bearinger,Sarah-Jayne Blakemore,Bruce Dick,Alex Ezeh,George C Patton +6 more
TL;DR: Adolescence is a life phase in which the opportunities for health are great and future patterns of adult health are established as mentioned in this paper, and a focus on adolescence is central to the success of many public health agendas, including the Millennium Development Goals aiming to reduce child and maternal mortality and HIV/AIDS, and more recent emphases on mental health, injuries, and non-communicable diseases.
Trends and determinants of contraceptive use among young married women (age 15-24)based on the 2000, 2005, and 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Surveys: A multivariate decomposition analysis
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the levels, trends, and determinants of modern contraceptive use and changes over time among young married women in Ethiopia using data from the three Demographic Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in Ethiopia, in 2000, 2005, and 2011.
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A framework for strategic investments in research to reduce the global burden of preterm birth
TL;DR: A strategic alliance of funders, researchers, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, and others could organize a set of grand challenges centered on pregnancy and childbirth that could yield a substantial improvement in reproductive health.
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Criteria‐based audit of caesarean section in a referral hospital in rural Tanzania
Steffie Heemelaar,Ellen Nelissen,Ellen Nelissen,P Mdoe,Hussein Kidanto,J. van Roosmalen,J. van Roosmalen,Jelle Stekelenburg,Jelle Stekelenburg +8 more
TL;DR: Audited indications for Caesarean section and related complications among women with severe maternal morbidity and mortality in a referral hospital in rural Tanzania.
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Maternal and neonatal outcomes of grand multiparas over two decades in Mali.
TL;DR: Reducing grand multiparity and improving grand multiparas’ access to prenatal care may improve population‐level perinatal outcomes.
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The Millennium Development Goals Report
TL;DR: Ban et al. as discussed by the authors stated that the global community cannot turn its back on the poor and the vulnerable, and that the goals are within reach, and even in the very poor countries, with strong political commitment and sufficient and sustained funding.
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Locally Weighted Regression: An Approach to Regression Analysis by Local Fitting
TL;DR: Locally weighted regression as discussed by the authors is a way of estimating a regression surface through a multivariate smoothing procedure, fitting a function of the independent variables locally and in a moving fashion analogous to how a moving average is computed for a time series.
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CLARIFY: Software for Interpreting and Presenting Statistical Results
TL;DR: Clarify is a program that uses Monte Carlo simulation to convert the raw output of statistical procedures into results that are of direct interest to researchers, without changing statistical assumptions or requiring new statistical models.
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Maternal mortality: who, when, where, and why
Carine Ronsmans,Wendy J. Graham +1 more
TL;DR: Targeting of interventions to the most vulnerable--rural populations and poor people--is essential if substantial progress is to be achieved by 2015, and local variation can be important.