Maternal mortality is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a death that occurs
during pregnancy or within 42 days of delivery or termination of the pregnancy, from any …

Abstract Recurrent miscarriage affects 1–2% of women of reproductive age, depending on
the definition used. A systematic review was conducted to identify, appraise and describe …

The complications of prematurity are the leading cause of neonatal mortality worldwide, with
the highest burden in the low-and middle-income countries of South Asia and Sub-Saharan …

Large disparities in maternal and neonatal mortality exist between low-and high-income
countries. Mothers and babies continue to die at high rates in many countries despite …

Background Maternal mortality due to pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum is a global
challenge. Particularly, in low-and lower-income countries, the outcomes of these …

Introduction Prompt access to emergency obstetrical care (EmOC) reduces the risk of
maternal mortality. We assessed institutional maternal mortality by distance and travel time …

Introduction Longer travel times are associated with increased adverse maternal and
perinatal outcomes. Geospatial modelling has been increasingly used to estimate …

Previous efforts to estimate the travel time to comprehensive emergency obstetric care
(CEmOC) in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) have either been based on spatial …

Background. Most maternal deaths occur during childbirth and after childbirth. This study
was aimed at determining the trends of health facilities during delivery in Bangladesh, as …

Importance Recent reports have highlighted that expanding access to health care is
ineffective at meeting the goal of universal health coverage if the care offered does not meet …