control measures in developing countries: what can be learned to reduce maternal mortality Julia Hussein1*, Dileep V Mavalankar2, Sheetal Sharma3 and Lucia D'Ambruoso1 Abstract A functional health system is a necessary part of efforts to achieve maternal mortality reduction in developing countries...
A specific form of maternal sepsis is known as puerperal sepsis, an infection which is introduced during childbirth, but manifests in the post partum period within the first 42 days after delivery. It is of special importance because it is a serious, life threatening disease of the mother with...
Marriage is a commitment device for consumption- sharing, providing spouses with partial insurance against idiosyncratic earnings risk. Agents derive utility from children, but children also involve a risky commitment to future monetary and time costs. According to my model, two observed trends in the...