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Study data from C. Suriadjaia et al provide new insights into maternal mortality.
"The women of Indonesia with unwanted pregnancies face stark choices: giving birth and facing social ostracism, loss of family support network, and even harsh criminal punishment: or an abortion from a clandestine provider risking serious injury or death. The complexity of Indonesian life is multifaceted," investigators in Jakarta, Indonesia report (see also Maternal Mortality).
"Ruled by multiple formal and traditional legal systems, it remains embroiled in an ongoing struggle to establish its identity during the process of democratisation and a strengthening of Islamic values in a time when the vast majority of its population, as Muslims, feel under attack by the West's war on terror. The campaign to bring in a new health bill including the decriminalisation of abortion has been challenged, facing lack of consensus that high maternal mortality rates are primarily caused by clandestine abortions, varying reasons behind reforms to the health law, and lack of political will to see through the change because of difference of opinion," ...
- No country for mothers.(COMMENT)(maternal mortality)
- Magazine article from: The American Prospect Blustain, Sarah October 1, 2007 700+ words
...in its rate of maternal mortality. In rankings calculated...very little about maternal mortality for the very simple...Population and Development Studies for his number...concern us. Some maternal mortality is inevitable...
- Is estimating maternal mortality useful?(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Bulletin of the World Health Organization Buekens, Pierre March 1, 2001 700+ words
...Wardlaw (1) present new estimates of maternal mortality for 1995. They have carefully adjusted...one of the best methods to measure maternal mortality. Many country-specific estimates...adjustment factor of 1.5 to estimate maternal mortality ratios in 48 countries with a good...
- Every death counts: measurement of maternal mortality via a census.
- Magazine article from: Bulletin of the World Health Organization Stanton, Cynthia Hobcraft, John Hill, Kenneth Kodjogbe, Nicaise Mapeta, W.T. Munene, Francis Naghavi, Moshen Rabeza, Victor Sisouphanthong, Bounthavy Campbell, Oona July 1, 2001 700+ words
...espanol. Introduction High levels of maternal mortality in the developing world have been...drew attention to the fact that maternal mortality ratios in the developing world are...industrialized countries, identifying maternal mortality as the health indicator with the...
- The transformation of maternal mortality.
- Magazine article from: British Medical Journal Loudon, Irvine December 19, 1992 700+ words
...world. From 1900 to 1935 the average maternal mortality in England and Wales was around 400...however, there was a dramatic change. Maternal mortality began its steep and sustained decline...shows these features: the plateau of maternal mortality followed by the steep and ...
- A preventable tragedy: maternal mortality.(News And Meetings)
- Magazine article from: Women's Health Journal January 1, 2003 700+ words
...launch the campaign to prevent maternal mortality, the focus of seven years of May...progress in efforts to eradicate maternal mortality in the developing world. In fact, maternal mortality rates have actually increased in...
- Maternal mortality and human rights: a report from the Women Deliver conference...
- Magazine article from: International Midwifery Renfrew, Mary J. December 1, 2007 700+ words
...requiring structural changes. Maternal mortality 'a human rights catastrophe...internationally in the recognition of maternal mortality as a fundamental human rights...The scale of avoidable maternal mortality was recognised as a human...
- Knowledge gaps in scientific literature on maternal mortality: a systematic...
- Magazine article from: Bulletin of the World Health Organization Gil-Gonzalez, Diana Carrasco-Portino, Mercedes Ruiz, Maria Teresa November 1, 2006 700+ words
...published work on this problem, maternal mortality remains high in many parts of the...effective in controlling the causes of maternal mortality. In 1998, the WHO Division of Reproductive...designed to reduce the high rate of maternal mortality associated with unsafe termination...
- The lifetime risk of maternal mortality: concept and measurement/Risque de...
- Magazine article from: Bulletin of the World Health Organization Wilmoth, John April 1, 2009 700+ words
...quantifying the loss of life caused by maternal mortality in a population is widely recognized...established the target of reducing the maternal mortality ratio by three-quarters between...regional populations. (1) The maternal mortality ratio (MMRatio) is obtained by...
- Maternal mortality in rural Gambia: levels, causes and contributing factors.
- Magazine article from: Bulletin of the World Health Organization Walraven, G. Telfer, M. Rowley, J. Ronsmans, C. May 1, 2000 700+ words
...un resumen en espanol Introduction Maternal mortality levels are an important indicator...or North America (1). Reducing maternal mortality is therefore a high priority goal...agenda. However, because measuring maternal mortality is a complex procedure, reliable...
- Maternal mortality has declined substantially in rural...
- Magazine article from: International Family Planning Perspectives March 1, 2008 700+ words
Maternal mortality fell by almost two-thirds in...cohort study. (1) Although maternal mortality was stable during the first half...researchers assessed trends in maternal mortality in two adjacent areas of rural...
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