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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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Improving maternal, newborn and women's reproductive health in crisis settings
Primus Che Chi,Primus Che Chi,Henrik Urdal,Odidika Ugochukwu Joannes Umeora,Johanne Sundby,Paul Spiegel,Declan Devane +6 more
TL;DR: The objectives are to identify, synthesise and evaluate the effects of health system and other interventions aimed at improving maternal, newborn and women's reproductive health in crisis settings.
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Maternal and Child Health Situation in South East Asia
TL;DR: There is wide divergence in socio-economic and health status among the countries in the South East Asia, and many countries in this region are unlikely to achieve the Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 even if maternal child health is made the priority agenda of all the countries.
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Spatiotemporal trends and ecological determinants in maternal mortality ratios in 2,205 Chinese counties, 2010-2013: A Bayesian modelling analysis.
Junming Li,Juan Liang,Jinfeng Wang,Zhoupeng Ren,Dian Yang,Yanping Wang,Yi Mu,Xiaohong Li,Mingrong Li,Yuming Guo,Jun Zhu +10 more
TL;DR: Although China has accomplished a 75% reduction in the MMR, spatial heterogeneity still exists and 925 (hotspot) high-risk counties, mostly located in China’s western and southwestern regions, and among which 332 counties are experiencing a slower pace of decrease than the national downward trend are identified.
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Adverse health consequences of US Government responses to the 2001 terrorist attacks
TL;DR: After 9/11 and the anthrax outbreak shortly afterwards, the USA and other countries have improved emergency preparedness and response capabilities, but these actions have often diverted attention and resources from more urgent health issues.
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A Ten Year Audit of Maternal Mortality: Millennium Development Still a Distant Goal.
TL;DR: High maternal mortality in GTB hospital can be due to it being a tertiary hospital with referrals from all neighbouring states, and accessible antenatal care can help prevent these maternal deaths.
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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.