Pregnancy termination in Matlab, Bangladesh: maternal mortality risks associated with menstrual regulation and abortion.

Menstrual regulation , other methods of voluntary pregnancy termination , and maternal mortality in Matlab , Bangladesh

Pregnancy termination in Matlab, Bangladesh: trends and correlates of use of safer and less-safe methods.

CONTEXT Menstrual regulation (MR), a relatively safe form of pregnancy termination, is legal in Bangladesh during the early stages of pregnancy. However, little is known about the factors associated with whether women who terminate pregnancies choose this method or a less-safe one. METHODS Data from the Matlab Demographic Surveillance System on 122,691 pregnancies-5,221 (4.3%) of which were t...

Health system costs of menstrual regulation and care for abortion complications in Bangladesh.

CONTEXT Treatment of complications of unsafe abortion can be a significant financial drain on health system resources, particularly in developing countries. In Bangladesh, menstrual regulation is provided by the government as a backup to contraception. The comparison of economic costs of providing menstrual regulation care with those of providing treatment of abortion complications has implicat...

Causes of Maternal Mortality Decline in Matlab, Bangladesh

Bangladesh is distinct among developing countries in achieving a low maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of 322 per 100,000 livebirths despite the very low use of skilled care at delivery (13% nationally). This variation has also been observed in Matlab, a rural area in Bangladesh, where longitudinal data on maternal mortality are available since the mid-1970s. The current study investigated the pos...

The role of pregnancy outcomes in the maternal mortality rates of two areas in Matlab, Bangladesh.

CONTEXT The Matlab Maternal Child Health-Family Planning (MCH-FP) project provides maternity care as part of its reproductive health services. It is important to assess whether this project has reduced maternal mortality and, if so, whether this was due to differences between the MCH-FP area (which received project services) and the comparison area (which did not) in pregnancy rates, pregnancy ...