Sentences with phrase «of maternal mortality»

Moreover, a detailed analysis of the causes of maternal mortality casts serious doubt on either access or interventions as the cause of any rise.

The tragedy of maternal mortality needs to be addressed, not exploited, and it requires a courageous and honest response.

It also has a high and rising rate of maternal mortality.

Some 22,000 women die of unsafe abortion annually, making it one of the leading causes of maternal mortality.

Among pregnant women, vitamin A deficiency can cause night blindness and may increase the risk of maternal mortality.

For the past year, ProPublica and NPR have been examining why the U.S. has the highest rate of maternal mortality in the industrialized world.

New worldwide estimates of maternal mortality rates released by four UN agencies yesterday show a 34 percent decline over an18 - year period.

Maternal mortality rates have doubled since 1987, and the United States ranks 37th in the world in terms of maternal mortality (Amnesty International, 2010).

Cuomo announced a series of initiatives aimed at addressing a disturbingly high rate of maternal mortality among black women, who are four times more likely to die in childbirth than white women in New York State, including a pilot program that will expand Medicaid coverage for doulas.

Major causes of concern included a higher incidence of maternal mortality, lower life expectancy, reduced access to the full range of health services, a high incidence of violence, including domestic violence, and high unemployment rates.

al. «Estimates of maternal mortality worldwide between 1990 and 2005: an assessment of available data,» The Lancet, (August 13, 2007) 370, 1311 - 1319.

The same is increasingly true of maternal mortality.

It's invasive and when you are having one performed in a hospital that had a history of another mother dying and three others suffering adverse outcomes, this can increase the chance of maternal mortality.

He promised that this Senate, and by extension, this National Assembly would be the first to deliver increased funding for primary healthcare — in order to help reduce the prevalence of maternal mortality, infant mortality, child mortality, and of course, diseases like malaria that 97 % of Nigerians are at risk for.

«He asked him to support the continent of Africa especially Nigeria in the eradication of maternal mortality rate incessantly facing our women and also solicited his support and that of the United Nations for the Youth Development and Widows empowerment in Africa.

Salifu Saeed bemoaned the increasing ratio of maternal mortality in the area and called for a multifaceted approach to solve the problem.

Speaking at the commemoration event of the Campaign on accelerated reduction of maternal mortality in Africa (CARMMA), the Minister said more needs to be done in terms of sensitization in order to stop child marriage in the...

«I can't completely rule out that there is some effect from changing in coding on the magnitude of maternal mortality,» Kassebaum says, but it's likely a «small effect.»

Racial Divide One aspect of maternal mortality that has not changed over the years is the extent to which it varies by race.

«Despite substantial progress, the world fell short of the maternal mortality target in the Millennium Development Goals, UN report shows.»

The findings appear in the study Global, regional, and national levels of neonatal, infant, and under - 5 mortality during 1990 - 2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013, which is published alongside another study, Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990 - 2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

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.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a series of initiatives aimed at addressing a disturbingly high rate of maternal mortality among black women.

Speaking while inaugurating the Primary Health Care Centre (PHC), Governor Ambode, who was represented by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Art and Culture, Mrs Adebimpe Akinsola, said that the Centre would cater for the health needs of residents and reduce the incidences of maternal mortality.

WHO's estimates of maternal mortality, for example, were higher than those that the IHME published in 2010.

«We wanted to get a handle on this because stroke is one of the major causes of maternal mortality in this country,» said the study's lead author, Dr. Eliza Miller, an assistant professor of neurology at Columbia University Medical Center.

What is the reason for the high and rising rate of maternal mortality in California?

Abortion is the fifth - highest cause of maternal mortality.

Not surprisingly, since the women who experienced complications during attempted VBAC were included in the C - section group instead of the VBAC group, the risk of maternal mortality was elevated in the C - section group.

The United States has the highest (worst) rate of maternal mortality in the developed / industrialized world, and while other countries» maternal death rates are going down

This may help reduce loss of blood and risk of hemorrhage, a major cause of maternal mortality.

Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) has been identified by the UK Care Quality Commission as one of three «potential markers relating to the risk of maternal mortality» [10].

The US is one of only 8 countries where there has been a rise in the rate of maternal mortality in pregnancy and childbirth.

What homebirth and natural childbirth advocates fail to realize is that The Netherlands has one the highest perinatal death rate in Europe and a high and rising rate of maternal mortality.

The leading cause of maternal mortality in the US is cardiac disease, followed by other pre-existing conditions.

The risk of maternal mortality has remained about three to four times higher among black women than white women during the past six decades.

But statistics in recent years have revealed a worrisome trend: the rate of maternal mortality in the U.S. has more than doubled in the past few decades.

Ectopic pregnancies account for nearly 2 percent of all pregnancies in North America and are the leading cause of maternal mortality in the first trimester.