Sentences with phrase «with maternal mortality»

You seem to be confusing infant data with maternal mortality data.

With maternal mortality on the rise and infant mortality ever decreasing, we can tell an emphasis in our healthcare system has been placed on infant outcomes.

Not exact matches

With money from Merck for Mothers, a charitable initiative created by the pharmaceutical giant, the project has funded a web portal that provides information on starting and improving review committees and a tool, the Maternal Mortality Review Information Application, that shows jurisdictions how to standardize data collection from review panels so that it's comparable from one state to the next.

Figures from the Reproductive Health in Crisis Consortium show that the 10 countries with the highest maternal mortality rates (MMRs) are all undergoing or have recently undergone conflict.

And while our sisters around the world continue to suffer from trafficking, exploitation, violence, neglect, maternal mortality, and discrimination, those of us who are perhaps most equipped to respond with prophetic words and actions — women of faith — are being systematically silenced by our own faith communities.

The reporter labeled such trips «poverty tourism» and specifically mentioned a recent trip taken by Heather Armstrong, a wildly popular blogger who travelled to Bangladesh with Every Mother Counts, an organization that addresses maternal mortality.

As Catholics, we know instinctively that maternal mortality is a tragedy and that abortion is not the answer, but I believe that we are under an obligation to turn that knowledge into action and offer hope to mothers around the world who face the prospect of giving birth in fear and trembling rather than with joy.

MCl's mission statement links their work directly with Evangelium Vitae by «improving the lives and health of mothers and babies both born and unborn, through new initiatives of service, training, research, and advocacy designed to reduce the tragic levels of abortion worldwide and maternal and perinatal mortality, morbidity in developingcountries.»

Mothers who give birth at home are as concerned with the under - reported and grossly high maternal mortality rate in hospitals as the infant mortality rate.

I live in Belgium where we have extensive medical care for mothers in comparison with other EU countries and yet in comparison with other EU countries, we have a higher rate of maternal mortality.

The World Health Organization and Unicef estimated the average maternal mortality ratios for 1990 as 27 per 100 000 live births in the more developed countries compared with 480 per 100 000 live births in less developed countries, with ratios as high as 1000 per 100 000 live births for eastern and western Africa.4 The WHO has estimated that almost 15 % of all women develop complications serious enough to require rapid and skilled intervention if they are to survive without lifelong disabilities.5 This means that women need access not only to trained midwives but also to medical services if complications arise.

The introduction first of antiseptic and aseptic techniques and later of sulphonamides, coupled with changes in the severity of puerperal sepsis, lowered the maternal mortality that had made hospitals dangerous places in which to give birth.3

Is the increased maternal mortality caused by the high C - Section rate, or just associated with it and caused by the same factors, such as obesity, GD, high blood pressure, multiples, maternal age, and so on?

The countries with the lowest rates of infant and maternal mortality have the most home - births.

«Despite the fact that cesarean section rates higher than 10 % are not associated with reductions in maternal and newborn mortality, many countries across the world — including the U.S., Brazil and even parts of India — are seeing rates of cesarean section rise to over 30 %,» Jerker writes.

Indeed, the average C - section rate for countries with low maternal and neonatal mortality is 22 %, although rates as high as 32 % or higher are consistent with low rates of maternal and neonatal mortality.

«I don't know any home birth mama's who don't look at a midwifes credentials, transfer rate, and infant and maternal mortality rate, as well as ability to deal with many different emergency scenarios.»

offers the following pearl of wisdom, «Perinatal mortality is a very limited view of safety, maternal satisfaction should also be considered» and then keeps spinning it as if mothers would be happier with a dead or brain - damaged baby, as long as they felt empowered during their homebirth.

Photo 2 Huffington Post — The U.S. Is The Only Developed Nation With A Rising Maternal Mortality Rate

We estimated the variability of differences in the population prevalence of maternal cancers, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, MI, and premature mortality when women breastfed at current compared with optimal rates and the proportion of current disease burden that this change would reflect.

Bed sharing mortality has been linked with markers of lower socioeconomic status (SES), including overcrowded households, adolescent mothers, economic deprivation, and low levels of maternal education (e.g., Carpenter et al 2004; Fleming 2006; Ostfeld et al 2006).

In fact, if one considered just three factors (maternal education, maternal prenatal alcohol or tobacco, and marital status) one could predict to a high degree postneonatal mortality: children born to unmarried women with lower education and evidence of prenatal drug use had a postneonatal mortality of about 30 per 1000 live births (similar to Ivory Coast); children born to women with none of these risk factors had a postneonatal mortality of about 2 per 1000 live births (similar to Norway); that is, children in this latter category almost never die despite evidence from PRAMS surveys that they are as likely to co-sleep with their parents.

To assess the robustness of the results of our regression analysis, we performed covariate adjustment with derived propensity scores to calculate the absolute risk difference (details are provided in the Supplementary Appendix, available with the full text of this article at NEJM.org).14, 15 To calculate the adjusted absolute risk difference, we used predictive margins and G - computation (i.e., regression - model — based outcome prediction in both exposure settings: planned in - hospital and planned out - of - hospital birth).16, 17 Finally, we conducted post hoc analyses to assess associations between planned out - of - hospital birth and outcomes (cesarean delivery and a composite of perinatal morbidity and mortality), which were stratified according to parity, maternal age, maternal education, and risk level.

Maternal mortality is also higher with C - sections.

AIMS: To determine for the period 1973 - 93, national and regional (1991 and 1992 only) incidence of home birth in New Zealand, with home birth defined as home being the intended place of birth at the onset of labour, to calculate perinatal and maternal mortality rates for home birth, and to categorise the cause of perinatal death.

Maternal morbidity and mortality in 442 pregnancies with hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets (HELLP syndrome)

To determine for the period 1973 - 93, national and regional (1991 and 1992 only) incidence of home birth in New Zealand, with home birth defined as home being the intended place of birth at the onset of labour, to calculate perinatal and maternal mortality rates for home birth, and to categorise the cause of perinatal death.

Studies in developing countries demonstrate that continued, frequent breastfeeding is associated with greater linear growth and further protects child health by delaying maternal fertility postpartum and reducing the child's risk of morbidity and mortality.

My county actually has a 12 % Home Birth rate, with zero Maternal mortality and.03 % infant mortality.

Yes, a big of the reason for our higher maternal mortality rate is general health of the population, which is associated with some other reasons: poverty and lack of access to care.

Maternal mortality and postpartum hemorrhage due to the overuse of cesarean are increasing quite dramatically in the US with increasing cesarean and induction rates.

When you do the research yourself, you'll find the most scientific birth is the least technological, that midwife - assisted birth is actually associated with safer outcomes than obstetrician - assisted birth, and that countries with lower fetal and maternal mortality rates are also places where medicine is not a for - profit institution.

Dr. Lumbiganon and associates maintain that «the most important finding of the survey is the increased risk of maternal mortality and severe morbidity... in women who undergo caesarean section with no indication.»

The authors used other birth - certificate data on maternal coexisting conditions to adjust for high - risk conditions and performed a propensity - score analysis to account for the perinatal mortality associated with planned out - of - hospital birth versus hospital birth.

She wrote briefly for Open Salon, where she took issue with Amnesty International's research on maternal mortality, and had a mutual parting with the blog Science Based Medicine («mutual efforts between the editors and Dr. Tuteur to resolve our differences came to an impasse,» managing editor David Gorski wrote in the announcement).

Midwifery - led and other models of care are similar with respect to the risks of neonatal morbidity, perinatal mortality, maternal morbidity and maternal satisfaction.

Our relatively poor ranking on maternal mortality may have little to do with the quality of US obstetric care and depend largely on access to it.

The Department of Health implemented the Maternal Mortality Review and Prevention Initiative in 2010 to review all maternal deaths with the goal of ensuring a comprehensive review of factors leading to maternal deaths in New YorMaternal Mortality Review and Prevention Initiative in 2010 to review all maternal deaths with the goal of ensuring a comprehensive review of factors leading to maternal deaths in New Yormaternal deaths with the goal of ensuring a comprehensive review of factors leading to maternal deaths in New Yormaternal deaths in New York State.

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists District II Chair Dr. Iffath Abbasi Hoskins said, «ACOG District II is pleased to partner with the Department of Health on this important initiative to address maternal mortality in our State.

New York City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTiAtZ

She cited an increase in illiteracy rate, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, obstetric fistula, maternal and infant mortalities as some of the dangers associated with the menace.

Maternal mortality is increasingly high, Nigeria has one of the poorest maternal and child health indices in the world with maternal 800-3000 deaths per 100,000 live births, life time risk of dying from pregnancy related complications of 1:8 compared to 1:10 in developing countries (Nigeria Demographic Health SurveMaternal mortality is increasingly high, Nigeria has one of the poorest maternal and child health indices in the world with maternal 800-3000 deaths per 100,000 live births, life time risk of dying from pregnancy related complications of 1:8 compared to 1:10 in developing countries (Nigeria Demographic Health Survematernal and child health indices in the world with maternal 800-3000 deaths per 100,000 live births, life time risk of dying from pregnancy related complications of 1:8 compared to 1:10 in developing countries (Nigeria Demographic Health Survematernal 800-3000 deaths per 100,000 live births, life time risk of dying from pregnancy related complications of 1:8 compared to 1:10 in developing countries (Nigeria Demographic Health Survey 2004).

The governor has improved on healthcare facilities in the state by injecting additional 46 ambulances to the existing pool with an additional 14 new ambulance points thereby bringing existing ambulance points to 25 all in a bid to reduce maternal mortality and tackle emergencies.

Hon. Alex Segbefia said, government in an uncompromising way has re-dedicated itself to ensure a healthier population with reduced maternal and infant mortality.

As President of the Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV & AIDS (OAFLA), and together with my colleague First Ladies, we have joined hands to strive to achieve our common vision of «making Africa a continent free from HIV and AIDS, Maternal and Child Mortality, and a place where women and girls are empowered to enjoy equal rights and opportunities.»

Getso said that over the last two years, the state government had renovated more than 300 primary and secondary health care facilities in Kano, with a view to improving access and quality of healthcare services towards reducing maternal and child mortalities.

Yet even with the cross-race increases in deaths related to pregnancy, in 2007 the maternal mortality rate for black women was still nearly three times higher than the rate for white women.

For example, it predicts that maternal deaths associated with pregnancy and childbirth will become less common, as will infant mortality and deaths from nutritional causes.

In fact, Armand Sprecher, a public health specialist with Doctors Without Borders, says that for patients with Ebola, maternal mortality is «near universal.»

While maternal mortality from sepsis is reported to be on the decrease with recommendations for improved sanitation, death from «sepsis» in tropical countries may be more complex than it first appears due to undiagnosed tropical disease.»