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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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The roles of free iron, heme, haemoglobin, and the scavenger proteins haemopexin and alpha-1-microglobulin in preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction.
TL;DR: In this paper, the roles of free iron, heme, Hb, and scavenger proteins haemopexin and alpha-1-microglobulin in pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction were discussed.
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Influence of oral contraceptives on lipid profile and paraoxonase and commonly hepatic enzymes activities.
TL;DR: The aim of the study was to verify the influence of oral contraceptives on lipid profile and the arylesterase, lactonase and phosphotriesterase activities of paraoxonase 1 (PON1).
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Using Community Informants to Estimate Maternal Mortality in a Rural District in Pakistan: A Feasibility Study
Ali M. Mir,Mohammad Saleem Shaikh,Siti Nurul Qomariyah,Gul Rashida,Mumraiz Khan,Irfan Masood +5 more
TL;DR: It is feasible and economical to use community informants to identify recent deaths in women of reproductive age and, if followed up through verbal autopsies, obviate the need for conducting large scale surveys.
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Trends in maternal and neonatal mortality in South Africa: a systematic review
TL;DR: Estimates from both global metrics and institutional reporting, although widely divergent, indicate South Africa has not achieved MDG 4a and 5a goals but made a significant progress in reducing maternal and neonatal mortality.
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Reflexed Compression Suture for the Management of Atonic Postpartum Hemorrhage with an Abnormally Adherent Placenta.
TL;DR: The reflexed compression suture is a simple, swift, safe and effective technique of controlling uterine atonic bleeding, particularly in patients with an abnormally adherent placenta.
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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.