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  • Calling attention to experiences of care for hospitalized newborns and young children to improve newborn and child survival
    Over the last decade, progress on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to reduce maternal deaths, stillbirths, and newborn deaths has stagnated. Recent global estimates indicate a combined 4.5 million deaths in 2020, including 0.29 million maternal deaths, 1.9 million stillbirths, and 2.3 million newborn deaths, with a majority occurring in sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, and…
    June 2023
    Maternal/Child Health, Global Health
  • U.S. maternal mortality within a global context: Historical trends, current state, and future directions
    In the United States, despite significant investment and the efforts of multiple maternal health stakeholders, maternal mortality (MM) has reemerged since 1987 and MM disparity has persisted since 1935. This article provides a review of the U.S. MM trajectory throughout its history up to its current state. From this longitudinal perspective, MM trends and themes are evaluated within a global…
    February 2021
    Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
  • Maternal health interventions in resource limited countries: A systematic review of packages, impacts and factors for change
    The burden of maternal mortality in resource limited countries is still huge despite being at the top of the global public health agenda for over the last 20 years. We systematically reviewed the impacts of interventions on maternal health and factors for change in these countries. This article presents a list of evidenced-based packages of interventions for maternal health, their impacts and…
    April 2011
    Maternal/Child Health, Interventions
  • Unsafe abortion: Unnecessary maternal mortality
    Every year, worldwide, about 42 million women with unintended pregnancies choose abortion, and nearly half of these procedures, 20 million, are unsafe. Some 68,000 women die of unsafe abortion annually, making it one of the leading causes of maternal mortality (13%). Of the women who survive unsafe abortion, 5 million will suffer long-term health complications. Unsafe abortion is thus a pressing…
    January 2009
    Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
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