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Bangladesh

• Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
  • Reducing Maternal Mortality and Improving Maternal Health: Bangladesh and MDG 5 [2008]

Botswana

• Ministry of Health Botswana
  • The Safe Motherhood Initiative. The Maternal Mortality Monitoring System in Botswana [2006]

Canada

• Perinatal Services BC
  • Maternal Mortality Review [2007]

• Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Special Report on Maternal Mortality and Severe Morbidity in Canada - Enhanced Surveillance: The Path to Prevention [2004]

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • A Report on the FIGO Saving Mothers and Newborns Project [2009]

China

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Time trends and regional differences in maternal mortality in China from 2000 to 2005 [2009]

Denmark

• Danish Medical Bulletin
  • Maternal Death and the Millennium Development Goals [2007]

Ethiopia

• UNFPA Ethiopia
  • Maternal Mortality. Findings from EDHS 2005 [2008]

Ghana

• Ministry of Health Ghana
  • National consultative meeting on the reduction of maternal mortality in Ghana: partnership for action [2008]
  • Maternal Mortality. The proportional role of unsafe induced abortions and mitigating interventions [2008]

India

• Indian Council of Medical Research
  • Estimates of Maternal Mortality Ratios in India and Its States: A Pilot Study [2003]

Indonesia

• Global Health Action
  • Relating the construction and maintenance of maternal ill-health in rural Indonesia [2012]

International

• Cochrane Library
  • Critical incident audit and feedback to improve perinatal and maternal mortality and morbidity

• Demographic and Health Surveys
  • Maternal Mortality

• United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF
  • Progress for Children: A Report Card on Maternal Mortality (No. 7) [2008]

Iraq

• Ministry of Health Iraq
  • Report of The In Depth Analysis Iraq Child and Maternal Mortality Survey / 1999 [2005]

Lebanon

• Ministry of Public Health Lebanon
  • Maternal mortality ratio in Lebanon in 2008: a hospital-based reproductive age mortality survey (RAMOS) [2010]

Mongolia

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Tracking maternal mortality declines in Mongolia between 1992 and 2007: the importance of collaboration [2010]

Nepal

• Safe Motherhood in Nepal
  • The Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Study 2008/09. Summary of Preliminary Findings [2009]
  • Maternal and Perinatal Death Review in Nepal: Consultant report commissioned by SSMP [2008]
  • Further Analysis of the 2006 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey [2008]

Nigeria

• International Journal for Equity in Health
  • Poverty and maternal mortality in Nigeria: towards a more viable ethics of modern medical practice [2008]

Peru

• PLoS Medicine
  • The Battle to Reduce Maternal Deaths in Southern Lima [2006]

Philippines

• Department of Health Philippines
  • Manual of Operations for Implementing Health Reforms Towards Rapid Reduction in Maternal and Neonatal Mortality [2009]

South Africa

• Department of Health South Africa
  • Saving Mothers 2008-2010: Fifth report on the confidential enquiries into maternal deaths in South Africa - Short report [2012]
  • Saving Mothers 2008-2010: Fifth report on the confidential enquiries into maternal deaths in South Africa - Executive summary [2012]
  • Saving Mothers 2005-2007: Fourth Report on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in South Africa [2007]
  • Essential steps in the management of common conditions associated with maternal mortality [2007]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Systematic review of the magnitude and case fatality ratio for severe maternal morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa between 1995 and 2010 [2011]

Uganda

• Ministry of Health Uganda
  • Declining maternal mortality ratio in Uganda: Priority interventions to achieve the Millennium Development Goal [2007]

United Kingdom

• British Journal of Anaesthesia
  • Saving Mothers’ Lives: reviewing maternal deaths to make motherhood safer: 2006–8: a review [2011]

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Maternal Morbidity and Mortality - study group statement [2002]

WHO

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • WHO maternal death and near-miss classifications [2009]

• Pan American Health Organization
  • PAHO Program Advances and Strategies for Incorporating Gender, Reduction of Maternal Mortality [2003]
  • Monitoring the Reduction of Maternal Morbidity and Mortality [2003]
  • Regional Strategy for Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Reduction [2002]

• WHO Regional Office for Europe
  • Making pregnancy safer : multi-country review meeting on maternal mortality and morbidity audit "Beyond the Numbers" : report of a WHO meeting, Charvak, Uzbekistan 14-17 June 2010 [2010]

• WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
  • Improving maternal health to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a youth lens [2008]
  • Strategic directions for accelerating the reduction of maternal mortality in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. A Regional Framework [2005]

• World Health Organization
  • Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2010: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank estimates [2012]
  • Evaluating the quality of care for severe pregnancy complications: the WHO near-miss approach for maternal health [2011]
  • Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2008 [2010]
  • Countdown to 2015 decade report (2000-2010) with country profiles: taking stock of maternal, newborn and child survival [2010]
  • Clarifying WHO position on misoprostol use in the community to reduce maternal death: statement [2010]
  • Achieving millennium development goal 5: target 5A and 5B on reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to reproductive health [2009]
  • Maternal mortality in 2005: Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank [2007]
  • Maternal mortality in 2000: Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA [2004]
  • Beyond the numbers - Reviewing maternal deaths and complications to make pregnancy safer [2004]
  • Maternal mortality in 1995: Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA [2001]

Articles in journals

• BMC Medical Research Methodology
  • WHO systematic review of maternal mortality and morbidity: methodological issues and challenges [2004]

• BMC Medicine
  • One life ends, another begins: Management of a brain-dead pregnant mother - A systematic review [2010]

• BMC Public Health
  • National estimates for maternal mortality: an analysis based on the WHO systematic review of maternal mortality and morbidity [2005]

• British Medical Journal
  • Effectiveness of strategies incorporating training and support of traditional birth attendants on perinatal and maternal mortality: meta-analysis [2011]
  • Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in the poorest communities [2004]
  • Introducing criteria based audit into Ugandan maternity units [2003]

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Maternal mortality and human rights: landmark decision by United Nations human rights body [2012]
  • Maternal mortality estimation at the subnational level: a model-based method with an application to Bangladesh [2011]
  • Maternal death surveillance and response [2011]
  • What you count is what you target: the implications of maternal death classification for tracking progress towards reducing maternal mortality in developing countries [2010]
  • Maternal near miss and maternal death in the World Health Organization’s 2005 global survey on maternal and perinatal health [2010]
  • Maternal deaths drop by one-third from 1990 to 2008: a United Nations analysis [2010]
  • The lifetime risk of maternal mortality: concept and measurement [2009]
  • Estimating pregnancy-related mortality from census data: experience in Latin America [2009]
  • Knowledge gaps in scientific literature on maternal mortality: a systematic review [2006]

• Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • A broader context for maternal mortality [2006]

• Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada (JOGC)
  • Maternal Health and Survival in Pakistan: Issues and Options [2009]

• Medical Journal of Australia
  • Maternal deaths in Australia, 1997–1999 [2004]

• Reproductive Health
  • WHO systematic review of maternal morbidity and mortality: the prevalence of severe acute maternal morbidity (near miss) [2004]

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