Declining maternal mortality in the face of persistently high HIV prevalence in a middle-income country

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 220-227

  Buchmann, E J ^a   Mnyani, C N ^a   Frank, K A ^a   Chersich, M F ^b,c   McIntyre, J A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d ANOVA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus in pregnancy; maternal mortality; middle income country; previous caesarean section; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERUS RUPTURE; COMPLICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HIV INFECTIONS; INFECTION; MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; INFECTION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922638568     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13064     Document Type: Article

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