objective: to analyze the trend in maternal mortality ratio in a tertiary care centre and the effect of various maternity schemes on it. materials and methods:  retrospective analysis of all maternal deaths occurring in the guru gobind singh medical college & hospital, faridkot, punjab, india was done from jan 2010 to dec 2012. every maternal death was scrutinized from various aspects like dire...

conclusions smm analysis provides valuable information on obstetric care. this study highlighted the need to improve antenatal care, which would help early identification of high-risk pregnancies. every smm could progress to maternal mortality if is not suspected, diagnosed and managed on its golden time. background investigating severe maternal morbidity/near miss is a newly recognized tool wh...

maternal mortality refers to the death of a woman who dies during pregnancy or within six weeks after delivery. a number of factors contribute to the high maternal mortality ratio around the globe, particularly, in underdeveloped countries. pakistan has the highest mortality ratio (260 per 100,000 live births) in the region and is one of the developing countries which have committed to decrease...

background: as one of the main criteria of health outcomes, maternal mortality indicates the socioeconomic development level of countries. the present study aimed at identifying and analyzing the effective factors on maternal mortality in eastern mediterranean region (emr) of the world health organization (who).   methods: analytical model was developed based on the literature review. panel dat...

reduction in maternal mortality requires an in-depth knowledge of the causes of death. this study was conducted to explore the circumstances and events leading to maternal mortality through a holistic approach. using narrative text analysis, all documents related to maternal deaths occurred from 2007 to 2011 in kerman province/iran were reviewed thoroughly by an expert panel. a 93-item chart ab...

abstract background: maternal mortality rate is among the most important health indicators. this indicator is a function of factors that are related to pregnant women; these factors include economic status, social and family life of the pregnant woman, human resources, structure of the hospitals and health centers, and management factors. strategic planning, with a comprehensive analysis and co...

background: the incidence of rudimentary heterotopic uterine horn pregnancy varies from 1:76,000 to 1:140,000. however the incidence of twin pregnancy i.e. intrauterine pregnancy in unicornuate uterus and its associated rudimentary horn pregnancy is estimated to be around 1 in 10 million gestations. case: here, we present 19 year old pramigravida women with acute haemoperitoneum with diagnosis ...

background: maternal mortality (mm) is an avoidable death andthere is national, international and political commitment to reduceit. the objective of this study is to examine the relation of mm tosocioeconomic factors and its inequality in iran’s provinces at anecologic level.methods: the overall mm from each province was considered for3 years from 2004 to 2006. the five independent variables wh...

objective: evaluating the status of the eco member countries in relation to goal 5 of 3rd millennium which includes 75% reduction of maternal mortality rate till 2015 in comparison to 1990. material and methods: in 2009, we have critically reviewed the countries’ mdg reports and extracted the data on each mdgs’ indicator by year and cause of mortality, (if possible) resident area (urban/rural) ...

background: improving maternal health is one of the eight millennium development goals (mdgs) aimed at improving maternal healthcare and reducing maternal mortality. the utilization of maternal health services is influenced by several factors that need to be better understood. the objective of this study was to estimate the role of socio-economic position as a determinant of the utilization of ...