The complex implications of maternal death rate, as a negative demographic phenomenon, were investigated through a descriptive, observational retrospective study made in the Cluj County, Romania, between 1970 and 2004. The study covers all deceased mothers (n = 263 cases) recorded in Cluj County ...
A high maternal death rate is a result of maternal delays in seeking emergency obstetric care, particularly in countries with limited resources like Ethiopia. Utilizing maternity waiting homes is a strategy to overcome geographical barriers and improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes. Pregnant women...
Approximately 300,000 mothers die each year during pregnancy, childbirth, and the six weeks of postpartum period—so-called maternal deaths. The maternal mortality rate, the deaths per 100,000 live births, is highest in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially in
The new maternal health shelter at the Mandera County Referral Hospital has greatly helped to lower the improve the maternal mortality rate, once the highest in Kenya. Hawa had two stillbirths, just had healthy triplets THE AMERICAN COLLEGE of Obstetricians and Gynecologists offered its backing for...
Kenya’s free maternity care program was first introduced in 2013. Since then, facility deliveries rose from 44 percent before the policy was in place to 66 percent in FY 2012/13. The maternal death rate also declined by 7.9 percent. After several months of intensive work, Kenya has launched...
A reference guide for certification of deaths associated with pregnancy on death certificates. Vital Statistics Reporting Guidance. Published March 2022. Accessed October 14, 2022. 12. GBD US Health Disparities Collaborators. Life expectancy by county, race, and ethnicity in the USA, 2000-19: a ...
The Kenya Demographic Health Survey of 2014 said maternal mortality ratio (MMR) at the county stood at 676 for every 100,000 live births compared to the country statistic of 362 maternal deaths out of every 100,000 live births. The newborn death rate is 45 newborns out of every 1,000 li...
maternal death rate by as much as 24%, a new analysis by researchers at the University of Colorado suggests. The study, published June 29 in the pre-print server SocArXiv, came days after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade and end the constitutional right...
county hospital and 58.6% chose township health center for delivery,and service quality and transport were the main reasons.Geographic accessibility of some mountainous townships was hindered by transport problems.The social and cultural accessibility was impeded by Zuoyuezi' phenomenon,boy priority and...
Mortality up to a year of life was provided by the death registry in Statistics Netherlands. Potential Confounders Maternal characteristics included as potential confounders in the analyses were maternal age at delivery (continuous, in years), parity (primiparous vs multiparous), and disposable ...