Adaptation of the WHO maternal near miss tool for use in sub–Saharan Africa: an International Delphi study

Adaptation of the WHO maternal near miss tool for use in sub–Saharan Africa: an International Delphi study

Abstract Background Assessments of maternal near miss (MNM) are increasingly used in addition to those of maternal mortality measures. The World Health Organization (WHO) has introduced an MNM tool in 2009, but this tool was previously found to be of limited applicability in several low–resource set...

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Main Authors: Abera K. Tura, Jelle Stekelenburg, Sicco A. Scherjon, Joost Zwart, Thomas van den Akker, Jos van Roosmalen, Sanne J. Gordijn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Subjects:
Maternal near miss
Delphi
Severe maternal morbidity
Sub–Saharan Africa
Global health
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12884-017-1640-x

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