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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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Epidemiologic profile, survival, and maternal prognosis factors among women at an obstetric intensive care unit.
Ana R.A.P. Bandeira,Cezar Alencar de Lima Rezende,Zilma Silveira Nogueira Reis,Achilles R. Barbosa,Frederico J.A. Peret,Antônio Carlos Vieira Cabral +5 more
TL;DR: To identify the epidemiologic profile, maternal survival, and prognosis factors that might affect survival rates in the obstetric intensive care unit (ICU), a large number of patients are referred to the hospital’s emergency department.
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Modeling maternal mortality in Bangladesh: the role of misoprostol in postpartum hemorrhage prevention.
TL;DR: It is hypothesized that prophylactic use of misoprostol at home births may contribute to a reduction in the risk of death due to PPH, in addition to reducing the incidence of PPH.
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Addressing inequity to achieve the maternal and child health millennium development goals: looking beyond averages
TL;DR: Scaling up priority maternal and child health interventions to equal levels to reach national universal coverage targets for MDGs in Tanzania would potentially save far more lives in the poorest populations, and would accelerate equitable progress towards maternal andChild health MDGs.
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Mothers’ perceptions and experiences of using maternal health-care services in Rwanda
Germaine Tuyisenge,Celestin Hategeka,Yvonne Kasine,Isaac Luginaah,David F. Cechetto,Stephen Rulisa +5 more
TL;DR: The geographical, financial, and social–cultural barriers that emerged in this study highlight the need to understand mothers’ experiences and perceptions when using maternal health care as Rwanda and other countries strive to reduce negative maternal health outcomes.
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MRI-based biomarkers of accelerated aging and dementia risk in midlife: how close are we?
TL;DR: It is found that while there is preliminary support for some midlife MRI-based biomarkers for accelerated aging, the longitudinal research that would best answer these questions is still in its infancy and needs to be further developed.
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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.