Olaitan, Titilayo, Ifeoma P. Okafor, Adebayo T. Onajole et al., “Ending Preventable Maternal and Child Deaths in Western Nigeria: Do… [Read More]
Maternal Mortality
Ending Preventable Maternal and Child Deaths in Western Nigeria: Do Women Utilize the Life Lines? (Olaitan, 2017)
Preeclampsia: A Risk Factor for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Subsequent Pregnancy (Lee, 2017)
Lee, Joohyun, Yung-Taek Ouh, Ki Hoon Ahn et al., “Preeclampsia: A Risk Factor for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Subsequent Pregnancy,”… [Read More]
Limited Service Availability, Readiness, and Use of Facility-Based Delivery Care in Haiti: A Study Linking Health Facility Data and Population Data (Wang, 2017)
Wang, Wenjuan, Michelle Winner, and Clara R. Burgert-Brucker, “Limited Service Availability, Readiness, and Use of Facility-Based Delivery Care in Haiti:… [Read More]
Maternal Age and Severe Maternal Morbidity: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study (Lisonkova, 2017)
Lisonkova, Sarka, Jayson Potts, Giulia M. Muraca et al., “Maternal Age and Severe Maternal Morbidity: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study,”… [Read More]
Integrated Person-Centered Health Care for all Women During Pregnancy: Implementing World Health Organization Recommendations on Antenatal Care for a Positive Pregnancy Experience (Global Health)
In November 2016, WHO issued a new global guideline on routine ANC: WHO Recommendations on Antenatal Care for a Positive Pregnancy… [Read More]
Maternal and Child Health in Israel: Building Lives (Rubin, 2017)
Rubin, Lisa, Ilana Belmaker, Eli Somekh et al., “Maternal and Child Health in Israel: Building Lives,” The Lancet (May 2017),… [Read More]
Unmasking Inequalities: Sub-National Maternal and Child Mortality Data from Two Urban Slums in Lagos, Nigeria Tells the Story (Anastasi, 2017)
Anastasi, Erin, Ekanem Ekanem, Olivia Hill et al., “Unmasking Inequalities: Sub-National Maternal and Child Mortality Data from Two Urban Slums… [Read More]
Effect of Early Tranexamic Acid Administration on Mortality, Hysterectomy, and Other Morbidities in Women with Post-Partum Haemorrhage (WOMAN): An International, Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial (Shakur, 2017)
Shakur, Haleema, and Ian Roberts, “Effect of Early Tranexamic Acid Administration on Mortality, Hysterectomy, and Other Morbidities in Women with… [Read More]
WOMAN: Reducing Maternal Deaths with Tranexamic Acid (The Lancet)
Over 200 million women become pregnant each year. Despite great progress during the past three decades, deaths during pregnancy and… [Read More]
Postpartum Haemorrhage: Cheap Lifesaver ‘Cuts Deaths by a Third’ (BBC)
A new study suggests that an affordable drug could reduce maternal deaths related to postpartum hemorrhage by a third. The… [Read More]






