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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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Why Global Goals and Indicators Matter: The Experience of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Millennium Development Goals
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the intended and unintended consequences of the selection of targets and indicators for the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5, "improvement in maternal health", considering the broad vision of sexual and reproductive health and (reproductive) rights set out at international conferences in the 1990s was reduced to maternal health in the MDGs in 2001.
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Serious and Life-Threatening Pregnancy-Related Infections: Opportunities to Reduce the Global Burden
Courtney Gravett,Michael G. Gravett,Michael G. Gravett,Emily T. Martin,Jeffrey D. Bernson,Sadaf Khan,David S. Boyle,Sophia M. R. Lannon,Janna Patterson,Craig E. Rubens,Craig E. Rubens,Matthew S. Steele +11 more
TL;DR: The burden of pregnancy-related infections, especially in low- and middle-income countries, is reviewed, and suggestions for a more effective intervention strategy are offered.
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Assessing health and economic outcomes of interventions to reduce pregnancy-related mortality in Nigeria
TL;DR: Early intensive efforts to improve family planning and control of fertility choices, accompanied by a stepwise effort to scale-up capacity for integrated maternal health services over several years, will save lives and provide equal or greater value than many public health interventions the authors consider among the most cost-effective.
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The Financial Burden of Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases in Rural Nigeria: Wealth and Gender Heterogeneity in Health Care Utilization and Health Expenditures
Wendy Janssens,Wendy Janssens,Jann Goedecke,Jann Goedecke,Godelieve J. de Bree,Sunday A Aderibigbe,Tanimola M. Akande,Alice Mesnard,Alice Mesnard +8 more
TL;DR: Facing potentially high health care costs and poor accessibility of health care facilities, many individuals suffering from NCCDs—particularly women and the poor—forego formal care, thereby increasing the risk of more severe illness in the future.
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Spatial distribution of antenatal care utilization and associated factors in Ethiopia: evidence from Ethiopian demographic health surveys
TL;DR: These results provide further insight into differences in ANC utilization in the country and highlight high and modest performing clusters that could enable efficient and timely spatial targeting to improve ANC service up take in Ethiopia.
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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.