BACKGROUND Every day approximately 1500 women worldwide die due to pregnancy or childbirth related complications. Maternal health care use is critical in reducing maternal mortality worldwide. Cameroon has one of the highest maternal mortality rates worldwide, but there is little knowledge about maternal health care use in Cameroon, particularly in more remote areas. The purpose of this study w...

The declining trend in the maternal mortality rate (MMR) from the 1930s to the late 1990s resulted from several strategies implemented within and outside the health sector. Expansion of both field-based and institutional services through the past decades contributed to improved geographical access and provision of 'free' services improved economic access. These led to increased use of antenatal...

in 17 hospitals, 13123 new births were born during 1989 in tehran. some well-trained personnel observed the events, filling the required questionnaires, interviewing, and collecting necessary information. among them 730 newborns was low birth weight (less than 2500 grams) which was considered as cases. immediately after each case was born, two normal newborn were randomly selected as controls. ...

This paper discusses the problems of defining and measuring late-fetal mortality (stillbirths). It uses evidence from 11 developed countries to trace long-term trends in fetal mortality. Issues associated with varying definitions and registration practices are identified, as well as the range of possible rates, key turning points and recent convergence. The implications for developing countries...

Global commitment for reducing maternal and child mortality has been reaffirmed by the governments through the Millennium Declaration in September 2000. Emanating from the Millennium Declaration, commitment to eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) united countries around the world in the fight against poverty, illiteracy, gender discrimination, maternal and child mortality, infectious disea...

BACKGROUND To analyse the maternal mortality ratio, demographic and pregnancy related details in women who suffered a fatal amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) in China. METHODS A retrospective population based study using data collected as part of the National Maternal Mortality Surveillance System between 1996 and 2013. Data were collected onto a standardised form from women whose cause of death ...

High rate of maternal death is one of the major public health concerns in Tanzania. Most of maternal deaths are caused by factors attributed to pregnancy, childbirth and poor quality of health services. More than 80% of maternal deaths can be prevented if pregnant women access essential maternity care and assured of skilled attendance at childbirth as well as emergency obstetric care. The objec...

Family planning and Maternal and Child Health (FP-MCH) are key components of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals, given their central role in healthy and productive populations. Tanzania has made some progress in these areas in recent years for example, mortality rates among infants and children under five have declined. However, Tanzania has lagged in maternal health, with the UN MDG Monitor...

Background Millennium Development Goal 5 calls for a 75% reduction in the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) between 1990 and 2015. We estimated levels and trends in maternal mortality for 183 countries to assess progress made. Based on MMR estimates for 2015, we constructed projections to show the requirements for the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of less than 70 maternal deaths per 100 000 l...

Asia is one of the world’s largest continents, stretching from the Arctic Ocean to the Equator and from Sumatra and Borneo in the south-east to the Suez Canal in the south-west. Its northwestern boundary comprises the Ural Mountains and the Ural River. As such, Asia is home to approximately two-thirds of the world’s population, contains its two largest nations (China and India), is home to thre...