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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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Maternal mortality in a reference center in the Brazilian Southeast
Troncon Jk,de Quadros Netto Dl,Patricia Moretti Rehder,José Guilherme Cecatti,Fernanda Garanhani Surita +4 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that, despite current advances in Obstetrics, infections and hypertensive disorders are still the predominant causes of maternal mortality, and an increase of clinical-surgical conditions and neoplasms as causes of death among women during pregnancy.
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Cluster randomized trial of a mHealth intervention “ImTeCHO” to improve delivery of proven maternal, neonatal, and child care interventions through community-based Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) by enhancing their motivation and strengthening supervision in tribal areas of Gujarat, India: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Dhiren Modi,Shrey Desai,Kapilkumar Dave,Shobha Shah,Gayatri Desai,Nishith Dholakia,Ravi Gopalan,Pankaj Shah +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, an innovative intervention based on mobile phone technology (mHealth) to improve the performance of social health activists (ASHAs) through better supervision and support in predominantly tribal and rural communities of Gujarat, India.
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Positioning women's and children's health in African union policy-making: a policy analysis
Kadidiatou Toure,Rotimi Sankore,Shyama Kuruvilla,Elisa Scolaro,Flavia Bustreo,Babatunde Osotimehin +5 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that more effective prioritization of women's and children's health in African Union policies would be supported by widening the range of policy frames used (notably health and economic) and strengthening the evidence base of all policy Frames used.
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Determinants of maternal mortality in Eastern Mediterranean region: A panel data analysis
Mohsen Bayati,Sajad Vahedi,Firooz Esmaeilzadeh,Zahra Kavosi,Zahra Jamali,Abdolhalim Rajabi,Yousef Alimohamadi +6 more
TL;DR: Improved income and economic development, increased resources allocated to the health sector, improved delivery services particularly the increased use of trained staff in the delivery, improve quality of primary care centers, mitigating the risks of marginalization and its dangers, and especially improving the level of women's education and knowledge are the key factors in policy making related to maternal health promotion.
Family Planning 2 Contraception and health
TL;DR: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK (Prof J Cleland MA); Perinatology Research Branch, Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, and Detroit, MI, USA (A Conde-Agudelo MD).
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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.