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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 potential impact of plant biotechnology on the Millennium Development Goals
Dawei Yuan,Ludovic Bassie,Maite Sabalza,Bruna Miralpeix,Svetlana Dashevskaya,Gemma Farré,Sol M. Rivera,Raviraj Banakar,Chao Bai,Georgina Sanahuja,Gemma Arjó,Eva Avilla,Uxue Zorrilla-López,Nerea Ugidos-Damboriena,Alberto López,David Almacellas,Changfu Zhu,Teresa Capell,Günther Hahne,Richard M. Twyman,Paul Christou +20 more
TL;DR: In this opinion article, each of the MDGs is discussed in turn, examples are provided to show how plant biotechnology may be able to accelerate progress towards the stated MDG objectives, and the opinion on the likelihood of such technology being implemented is offered.
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Increasing incidence of postpartum hemorrhage: the Dutch piece of the puzzle.
Giel van Stralen,Joost F. von Schmidt auf Altenstadt,Kitty W. M. Bloemenkamp,Kitty W. M. Bloemenkamp,Jos van Roosmalen,Chantal W P M Hukkelhoven +5 more
TL;DR: This study reports on trends in the incidence of PPH in the Netherlands in 2000–2013, and examines the extent to which temporal changes in risk indicators could explain a possible change in incidence.
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Preventable maternal mortality: geographic/rural-urban differences and associated factors from the population-based Maternal Mortality Surveillance System in China.
Juan Liang,Li Dai,Jun Zhu,Xiaohong Li,Weiyue Zeng,He Wang,Qi Li,Mingrong Li,Rong Zhou,Yanping Wang +9 more
TL;DR: Preventable maternal mortality and the distribution of its associated factors in China revealed obvious regional differences and more emphasis should be placed on improving women's ability to utilize healthcare services, enhancing the service capability of health institutions, and increasing the accessibility of obstetric services.
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Genetic services and testing in South Africa
TL;DR: Funding for this service is limited, due partly to the extensive demands made by the rampant HIV/AIDS epidemic, and partly due to some ignorance, among both health professionals and the public, concerning the benefits of genetic counselling and testing in affected families.
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Institutional Delivery Service Utilization and Associated Factors among Child Bearing Age Women in Goba Woreda, Ethiopia
TL;DR: Strategies with focus on increasing Anti Natal Care uptake and increasing maternal and their partners’ educational level help to increase health facility delivery service utilization.
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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.