Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in the poorest communities

BMJ. 2004 Nov 13;329(7475):1166-8. doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7475.1166.

Abstract

Current programmes are often failing to reach those at highest risk of maternal and neonatal death. The international community needs to learn from community trials in the South

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Community Health Services / organization & administration
  • Family Planning Services
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant Mortality
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Interprofessional Relations
  • Maternal Health Services / organization & administration
  • Maternal Mortality
  • Midwifery
  • Postpartum Hemorrhage / mortality
  • Postpartum Hemorrhage / prevention & control
  • Poverty
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / mortality
  • Pregnancy Complications / prevention & control*
  • Puerperal Disorders / mortality
  • Puerperal Disorders / prevention & control
  • Sepsis / mortality
  • Sepsis / prevention & control