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Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, Volume 15, Issue 30 (2007)

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Maternal mortality and morbidity

Editorial

Editorial
Maternal Mortality and Morbidity: Is Pregnancy Getting Safer for Women?
Marge Berer
Pages: 6-16
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Maternal Mortality and Maternity Care from 1990 to 2005: Uneven but Important Gains
Iqbal H Shah & Lale Say
Pages: 17-27
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Improving Maternal Health: Getting What Works To Happen
Loveday Penn-Kekana, Barbara McPake & Justin Parkhurst
Pages: 28-37
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Making Systems Work: The Hard Part of Improving Maternal Health Services in South Africa
Leena Susan Thomas, Ruxana Jina, Khin San Tint & Sharon Fonn
Pages: 38-49
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Educating Skilled Birth Attendants in Mexico: Do the Curricula Meet International Confederation of Midwives Standards?
Leslie Cragin, Lisa M DeMaria, Lourdes Campero & Dilys M Walker
Pages: 50-60
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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The Experience of Ghana in Implementing a User Fee Exemption Policy to Provide Free Delivery Care
Sophie Witter, Daniel Kojo Arhinful, Anthony Kusi & Sawudatu Zakariah-Akoto
Pages: 61-71
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Improving Emergency Obstetric Care in a Context of Very High Maternal Mortality: The Nepal Safer Motherhood Project 1997–2004
Alison Dembo Rath, Indira Basnett, Melissa Cole, Hom Nath Subedi, Deborah Thomas & Susan F Murray
Pages: 72-80
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
AbstractforImproving Emergency Obstetric Care in a Context of Very High Maternal Mortality: The Nepal Safer Motherhood Project 1997–2004 | Full Text | References | PDF (331.2 KB)
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Support to the Safe Motherhood Programme in Nepal: An Integrated Approach
Carol E Barker, Cherry E Bird, Ajit Pradhan & Ganga Shakya
Pages: 81-90
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Persistence of High Maternal Mortality in Koppal District, Karnataka, India: Observed Service Delivery Constraints
Asha George
Pages: 91-102
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Evoking the Guardian Angel: Childbirth Care in a Palestinian Hospital
Sahar Hassan-Bitar & Laura Wick
Pages: 103-113
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Consequences of Birth Policies and Practices in Post-Reform China
Amanda Harris, Yu Gao, Lesley Barclay, Suzanne Belton, Zweng Wei Yue, Hao Min, Xu Auqun, Liao Hua & Zhou Yun
Pages: 114-124
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Research on Severe Maternal Morbidities and Near-Misses in Brazil: What We Have Learned
Jose Guilherme Cecatti, Joao Paulo Souza, Mary Angela Parpinelli, Maria Helena de Sousa & Eliana Amaral
Pages: 125-133
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Maternal Mortality in Pernambuco, Brazil: What Has Changed in Ten Years?
Sandra Valongueiro Alves
Pages: 134-144
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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The Introduction of Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Near-Miss Case Reviews in the WHO European Region
Alberta Bacci, Gwyneth Lewis, Valentina Baltag & Ana P Betrán
Pages: 145-152
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Misclassified Maternal Deaths among East African Immigrants in Sweden
Karin Elebro, Mattias Rööst, Kontie Moussa, Sara Johnsdotter & Birgitta Essén
Pages: 153-162
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Monitoring Maternity Mortality in Botswana
Keitshokile Dintle Mogobe, Wananani Tshiamo & Motsholathebe Bowelo
Pages: 163-171
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Unmonitored Intrapartum Oxytocin Use in Home Deliveries: Evidence from Uttar Pradesh, India
Patricia Jeffery, Abhijit Das, Jashodhara Dasgupta & Roger Jeffery
Pages: 172-178
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Global Progress in PMTCT and Paediatric HIV Care and Treatment in Low-and Middle-Income Countries in 2004–2005
Chewe Luo (Senior Programme Advisor) , Priscilla Akwara, Ngashi Ngongo, Patricia Doughty, Robert Gass, Rene Ekpini, Siobhan Crowley & Chika Hayashi
Pages: 179-189
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Seizing the Big Missed Opportunity: Linking HIV and Maternity Care Services in Sub-Saharan Africa
Nel Druce & Anne Nolan
Pages: 190-201
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Abortion Policies and Practices in Chile: Ambiguities and Dilemmas
Bonnie L Shepard (Senior Planning and Evaluation Specialist) & Lidia Casas Becerra
Pages: 202-210
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Roundtable: Is Pregnancy Getting Safer for Women? Dear Minister
Wendy J Graham, Endang L Achadi, Margaret Armar-Klemesu, Tim Ensor & Nicolas Meda
Pages: 211-213
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Roundtable: Making Pregnancy Safer in Myanmar: Introducing Misoprostol to Prevent Post-Partum Haemorrhage as Part of Active Management of the Third Stage of Labour
Thein Thein Htay
Pages: 214-215
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Roundtable: Celebrating Progress toward Safer Pregnancy
Julia Hussein
Pages: 216-218
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Roundtable: Health System Strengthening: New Potential for Public Health and Human Rights Collaboration
Lynn P Freedman
Pages: 219-220
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Experiences of Sexual Harassment of Women Health Workers in Four Hospitals in Kolkata, India
Paramita Chaudhuri
Pages: 221-229
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Abortion: An Open Secret? Abortion and Social Network Involvement in Burkina Faso
Clémentine Rossier
Pages: 230-238
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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Round Up

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Round Up Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
Pages: 239-249
Published online: 13 Oct 2007
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