Background Data for the causes of maternal deaths are needed to inform policies to improve
maternal health. We developed and analysed global, regional, and subregional estimates of …

Reduction of maternal mortality is a target within the Millennium Development Goals. Data
on the incidence of preeclampsia and eclampsia, one of the main causes of maternal …

Background The gap between research and practice or policy is often described as a
problem. To identify new barriers of and facilitators to the use of evidence by policymakers …

Over half a million women die each year from pregnancy related causes, 99% in low and
middle income countries. In many low income countries, complications of pregnancy and …

Objectives. Review of public health perspectives of preeclampsia in developing countries
and implications for health system strengthening. Methods. Literature from Pubmed …

Despite 40 years of research into evidence-based policy (EBP) and a continued drive from
both policymakers and researchers to increase research uptake in policy, barriers to the use …

Knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) is as an interactive process involving the
interchange of knowledge between research users and researcher producers. Despite many …

Background The 'three delays model'attempts to explain delays in women accessing
emergency obstetric care as the result of: 1) decision-making, 2) accessing services and 3) …

Major depression is a mood disorder characterized by a sense of inadequacy,
despondency, decreased activity, pessimism, anhedonia and sadness where these …

Background Eclampsia, the occurrence of a seizure in association with pre‐eclampsia,
remains a rare but serious complication of pregnancy. A number of different anticonvulsants …