The number of Kiwi women who die during or soon after pregnancy has almost halved, new figures show. The drop… [Read More]
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Maternal Mortality
New Zealand Maternal Death Rate Halves but Work Needed to Reduce Neonatal Deaths (New Zealand Herald)
Post Date: 06/28/2018
Helping Hoosier Infants (My Wabash Valley)
Post Date: 06/15/2018
The most recent CDC rankings place Indiana as the sixth highest state for infant mortality in the country. This is… [Read More]
Hospitals by Day, Dispensaries by Night: Hourly Fluctuations of Maternal Mortality within Mexican Health Institutions, 2010-2014 (Lamadrid-Figueroa, 2018)
Post Date: 06/05/2018
Lamadrid-Figueroa, Hector, Alejandra Montoya, Jimena Fritz et al., “Hospitals by Day, Dispensaries by Night: Hourly Fluctuations of Maternal Mortality within… [Read More]
Male Involvement Key to Reducing Maternal and Child Mortality (Modern Ghana)
Post Date: 06/02/2018
Dads’ Support Clubs, which teach men to assist their wives at home, help during pregnancy, and to have a greater… [Read More]
Creating a Safe Place for Women to Give Birth in Africa (Liberian Daily Observer)
Post Date: 06/02/2018
Liberia has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios, and also very high mortality rates for newborns. In response, Africare… [Read More]
Health for Migrants and Dominicans of Haitian Descent (The Lancet)
Post Date: 05/30/2018
Hundreds of thousands of people whose official status is bogged down in administrative struggle are afraid to access health care… [Read More]
New Mexico’s Midwife Programs Garner National Attention (KOB 4)
Post Date: 05/10/2018
A group of researchers ranked New Mexico second in the U.S. when it comes to the high number of midwives,… [Read More]
An Alternative to Delivering Babies at the Hospital (WBHM)
Post Date: 05/06/2018
Alabama has the second-highest infant mortality rate. And more rural hospitals are closing, leaving tens of thousands without convenient access… [Read More]
Risk of Maternal Mortality in Women with Severe Anaemia during Pregnancy and Post Partum: A Multilevel Analysis (Daru, 2018)
Post Date: 04/08/2018
Daru, Jahnavi, Javier Zamora, Borja M. Fernández-Félix et al., “Risk of Maternal Mortality in Women with Severe Anaemia during Pregnancy… [Read More]
Association between Loss of Hospital-Based Obstetric Services and Birth Outcomes in Rural Counties in the United States (Kozhimmannil, 2018)
Post Date: 04/03/2018
Kozhimannil, Katy B., Peiyin Hung, Carrie Henning-Smith et al., “Association between Loss of Hospital-Based Obstetric Services and Birth Outcomes in… [Read More]
