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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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Pathological Methods Applied to the Investigation of Causes of Death in Developing Countries: Minimally Invasive Autopsy Approach
Paola Castillo,Esperança Ussene,Mamudo R. Ismail,Dercio Jordao,Lucilia Lovane,Carla Carrilho,Cesaltina Lorenzoni,Marcus V. G. Lacerda,Antonio E. M. Palhares,Leonardo Rodriguez-Carunchio,Miguel J. Martínez,Jordi Vila,Quique Bassat,Clara Menéndez,Jaume Ordi +14 more
TL;DR: A simplified MIA technique involving organ-directed sampling with microbiology and pathology analyses implementable by trained technicians in low- income settings could improve the determination of CoD in developing countries.
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Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and infertility: emerging problems in the era of highly active antiretrovirals
Vitaly A. Kushnir,William Lewis +1 more
TL;DR: Additional data are needed to address the effect of HIV and its treatments on their fertility and reproductive outcomes, as their potential reproductive desires are increasingly becoming a concern in the health care of young HIV-infected patients.
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Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used for traditional maternal healthcare in Katsina state, Nigeria
TL;DR: Women in Katsina State, Nigeria have been using medicinal plants to cure various ailments associated with maternal health since time immemorial; however the use of such plants was never documented.
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Determinants of skilled attendance for delivery in Northwest Ethiopia: a community based nested case control study.
Zelalem Birhanu Mengesha,Gashaw Andargie Biks,Tadesse Awoke Ayele,Gizachew Assefa Tessema,Digsu Negesse Koye +4 more
TL;DR: Women’s education, place of residence, frequency of antenatal care visit and ever use of family planning were found to be determinants of skilled birth attendance.
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Contribution of suicide and injuries to pregnancy-related mortality in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Daniela C. Fuhr,Clara Calvert,Carine Ronsmans,Prabha S. Chandra,Siham Sikander,Mary De Silva,Vikram Patel,Vikram Patel +7 more
TL;DR: The available data suggest a modest contribution of injuries and suicide to pregnancy-related mortality in low-income and middle-income countries with wide regional variations, but this study might have underestimated suicide deaths because of the absence of recognition and inclusion of these causes in eligible studies.
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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.