Validating the WHO maternal near miss tool: comparing high- and low-resource settings

Validating the WHO maternal near miss tool: comparing high- and low-resource settings

Abstract Background WHO proposed the WHO Maternal Near Miss (MNM) tool, classifying women according to several (potentially) life-threatening conditions, to monitor and improve quality of obstetric care. The objective of this study is to analyse merged data of one high- and two low-resource settings...

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Main Authors: Tom Witteveen, Hans Bezstarosti, Ilona de Koning, Ellen Nelissen, Kitty W. Bloemenkamp, Jos van Roosmalen, Thomas van den Akker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Subjects:
Severe acute maternal morbidity
Maternal health
Maternal near miss
Maternal near miss-tool
World health organization
Delivery
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12884-017-1370-0

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