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Maternal and perinatal outcomes of women with vaginal birth after cesarean section compared to repeat cesarean birth in select South Asian and Latin American settings of the global network for women’s and children’s health research

Our objective was to analyze a prospective population-based registry including five sites in four low- and middle-income countries to observe characteristics associated with vaginal birth after cesarean versus...

Lester Figueroa, Margo Harrison… in Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatol… (2023)

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Holding a baby after stillbirth: the impact of fetal congenital and structural abnormalities

Stillbirth can result in numerous adverse psychosocial sequelae. Recommendations vary with regard to holding the baby after a stillbirth. Few studies have addressed the impact of fetal abnormalities on these o...

Tess E. K. Cersonsky, Halit Pinar, Robert M. Silver… in Journal of Perinatology (2023)

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A mobile cesarean birth center as a solution to improve access to surgical birth in rural Ethiopia: a mixed methods research protocol

As an evidence-based intervention to prevent maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality, cesarean birth at rates of under 2%, which is the case in rural Southwest Ethiopia, is an unacceptable public health ...

Margo S. Harrison, Teklemariam Yarinbab… in Pilot and Feasibility Studies (2021)

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Perceptions of health professionals regarding minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) to identify the cause of death in stillbirths and neonates: results from a qualitative study

Pakistan is considered to be one of the riskiest places in the world for childbirth as measured by its high stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates. Complete diagnostic autopsy remains the gold standard to det...

Anam Feroz, Anum Shiraz Ali… in Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatol… (2019)

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Immediate postpartum use of long-acting reversible contraceptives in low- and middle-income countries

Globally, data show that many women of reproductive age desire to use modern family planning methods. Many of these women do not have access to modern contraceptives, which is termed their ‘unmet need’ for con...

Margo S. Harrison, Robert L. Goldenberg in Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology (2017)

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Anthropometric indices for non-pregnant women of childbearing age differ widely among four low-middle income populations

Maternal stature and body mass indices (BMI) of non-pregnant women (NPW) of child bearing age are relevant to maternal and offspring health. The objective was to compare anthropometric indices of NPW in four r...

K Michael Hambidge, Nancy F Krebs, Ana Garcés, Jamie E Westcott… in BMC Public Health (2017)

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Cesarean section in sub-Saharan Africa

Cesarean section is an essential maternal healthcare service. Its role in labor and delivery care in low- and middle-income countries is complex; in many low-resource settings it is underutilized in the most n...

Margo S. Harrison, Robert L. Goldenberg in Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology (2016)

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Urogenital fistula reviewed: a marker of severe maternal morbidity and an indicator of the quality of maternal healthcare delivery

While obstetric fistula has been recognized as a major maternal morbidity since the 1980s, it has become an indicator of access to and quality of women’ s health care.

Margo S. Harrison, Hillary Mabeya… in Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatol… (2015)

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Impact of exposure to cooking fuels on stillbirths, perinatal, very early and late neonatal mortality - a multicenter prospective cohort study in rural communities in India, Pakistan, Kenya, Zambia and Guatemala

Consequences of exposure to household air pollution (HAP) from biomass fuels used for cooking on neonatal deaths and stillbirths is poorly understood. In a large multi-country observational study, we examined ...

Archana B. Patel, Sreelatha Meleth… in Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatol… (2015)

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Global network for women’s and children’s health research: a system for low-resource areas to determine probable causes of stillbirth, neonatal, and maternal death

Determining cause of death is needed to develop strategies to reduce maternal death, stillbirth, and newborn death, especially for low-resource settings where 98% of deaths occur. Most existing classification ...

Elizabeth M McClure, Carl L Bose, Ana Garces… in Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatol… (2015)

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Maternal, fetal and neonatal mortality: lessons learned from historical changes in high income countries and their potential application to low-income countries

There are large differences in pregnancy outcome between high income countries and many middle and low income countries. In fact, maternal, fetal and neonatal mortality rates in many low-income countries appro...

Robert L Goldenberg, Elizabeth M McClure in Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology (2015)

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A combined community- and facility-based approach to improve pregnancy outcomes in low-resource settings: a Global Network cluster randomized trial

Fetal and neonatal mortality rates in low-income countries are at least 10-fold greater than in high-income countries. These differences have been related to poor access to and poor quality of obstetric and ne...

Omrana Pasha, Elizabeth M McClure, Linda L Wright, Sarah Saleem… in BMC Medicine (2013)

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Effectiveness of interventions to screen and manage infections during pregnancy on reducing stillbirths: a review

Infection is a well acknowledged cause of stillbirths and may account for about half of all perinatal deaths today, especially in develo** countries. This review presents the impact of interventions targetin...

Sidra Ishaque, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, Aamer Imdad, Robert L Goldenberg… in BMC Public Health (2011)

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POPULATION COSTS FOR NEWBORNS BY SURVIVAL AND GESTATIONAL AGE (GA).▴ 1526

Elaine S Barefield, Rita R Bishnoi, Suzanne P Cliver… in Pediatric Research (1996)

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IMPACT OF THE NIH CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE ON CORTICOSTEROIDS FOR FETAL MATURATION: CHANGE IN OBSTETRIC ATTITUDES. † 1506

Linda L Wright, Gerald B Merenstein, Robert L Goldenberg… in Pediatric Research (1996)