Obstetric transition in the World Health Organization Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health: exploring pathways for maternal mortality reduction

Obstetric transition in the World Health Organization Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health: exploring pathways for maternal mortality reduction

OBJECTIVE: To test whether the proposed features of the Obstetric Transition Model-a theoretical framework that may explain gradual changes that countries experience as they eliminate avoidable maternal mortality-are observed in a large, multicountry, maternal and perinatal health database; and to d...

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Main Authors: Solange da Cruz Chaves, José Guilherme Cecatti, Guillermo Carroli, Pisake Lumbiganon, Carol J. Hogue, Rintaro Mori, Jun Zhang, Kapila Jayaratne, Ganchimeg Togoobaatar, Cynthia Pileggi-Castro, Meghan Bohren, Joshua Peter Vogel, Özge Tunçalp, Olufemi Taiwo Oladapo, Ahmet Metin Gülmezoglu, Marleen Temmerman, João Paulo Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2015-05-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Subjects:
Salud de la mujer
mortalidad materna, tendencias
complicaciones del trabajo de parto
bienestar materno
salud global
Organización Mundial de la Salud
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