introduction micronutrients deficiency, especially iron and vitamins, is a common nutritional problem among children under 2 years in iran. the aim of the present study is to assess the awareness and performance of mothers about the use of iron and vitamin supplements in infants less than 2 years. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on 762 mothers of 6-24 months infa...

BACKGROUND Maternal health is one of the major worldwide health challenges. Currently, the unacceptably high levels of maternal mortality are a common subject in global health and development discussions. Although some countries have made remarkable progress, half of the maternal deaths in the world still take place in Sub-Saharan Africa where little or no progress has been made. There is no si...

BACKGROUND Maternal mortality has declined by 43 % globally between 1990 and 2013, a reduction that was insufficient to achieve the 75 % reduction target by millennium development goal (MDG) five. Kenya recorded a decline of 18 % from 490 deaths in 1990 to 400 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2013. Delivering at home, is associated with higher risk of maternal deaths, therefore reducing number...

Maternal mortality in Nigeria is unacceptably high. Some of the reasons may include poor socioeconomic development, weak health care system, low socioeconomic status of women and socio-cultural barriers to care utilization. A cross sectional study was carried out to assess the use of maternal services in Anambra State. A multi stage sampling technique was used to select 800 nursing mothers from...

background and objectives: patient satisfaction is an important indicator of the quality of health and healthcare services. most relevant studies in iran have been conducted in the nation’s capital, and there is a lack of large-scale studies in other regions of this country. in order to help filling this gap, this study was designed to undertake a relatively large-scale assessment of patient sa...

objective: to investigate maternal beliefs, practices about causes and determinant factors on drowning and maternal socioeconomic correlated factors on child mortality from drowning. m e t h od s : from march 2005 to march 2009, in a register-based cohort study and household survey, individual records utilizing drowning registry data of northern iran were enrolled.   mothers (n=276) who respond...

background to develop the culture of breastfeeding, it is needed to know the level of maternal knowledge. hence, the aim of this study was to evaluate maternal knowledge and attitude toward exclusive breastfeeding in six months after birth in shiraz, iran. materials and methods this was a cross-sectional study carried out on mothers who referred to health centers. four health centers were selec...

BACKGROUND The target for Millennium Development Goal 5 (MDG-5) is to reduce the maternal mortality ratio by three quarters between 1990 and 2015. The United Nations 2014 report on MDG-5 concluded that little progress had been made in the South Asian countries, including India, which accounts for 17% of all maternal deaths globally. In resource-poor economies with widespread disparities even wi...

In 2010, two reports have provided estimates of maternal mortality ratios (MMR) for different countries (1, 2). Hogan et al. have reported a decreasing trend for MMR in Iran from 101 (per 100000 live births) in 1980, 64 in 1995, and 36 in 2000 to 28 in 2008 (1). In the World Health Statistics 2010, two different estimates have been provided for most of the countries; one countryreported and one...

Maternal mortality statistics are the most important indicators of reproductive women’s health care. Ireland has experienced a gratifying progressive decline in maternal deaths for over 60 years; rates cited by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), and taken up by the news media, suggest that this is one of the safest countries in the world in which to deliver a baby. Nevertheless, closer insp...