An update on maternal mortality in low-resource countries

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 175-180

  Cabero Roura, Luis ^a   Rushwan, Hamid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FIGO; Low resource setting; Maternal mortality; Millennium Development Goals

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AFGHANISTAN; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHINA; CONTRACEPTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPOWERMENT; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INCOME; INDIA; INDONESIA; INFECTION; LABOR COMPLICATION; LIVE BIRTH; MALARIA; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NIGERIA; NUTRITION; OBSTETRICIAN; PAKISTAN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL STATUS; WATER SUPPLY; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; AFRICA; ASIA; CARIBBEAN; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MOTIVATION; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; ASIA; CARIBBEAN REGION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OCEANIA; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84897574068     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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