OBJECTIVE: To compare prevalence, indications, risk indicators, and outcomes of
emergency peripartum hysterectomy across income settings. DATA SOURCES: PubMed …

To end the international crisis of preventable deaths in low-income and middle-income
countries, evidence-informed and cost-efficient health care is urgently needed, and …

Highlights•Maternal mortality and severe morbidity are generally more common in migrant
women.•Between migrant groups, risk increases vary from very high to none at all.•Risk …

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially impacted maternity care provision
worldwide. Studies based on modelling estimated large indirect effects of the pandemic on …

Background Variations in intervention rates, without subsequent reductions in adverse
outcomes, can indicate overuse. We studied variations in and associations between …

Objective To describe how district‐wide access to HIV/AIDS care was achieved and
maintained in Thyolo District, Malawi. Method In mid‐2003, the Ministry of Health and …

Pregnant women continue to be excluded from most clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines and
medication, despite very clear pre-pandemic guidance. 1 There appears little incentive …

Background Maternal infections are an important cause of maternal mortality and severe
maternal morbidity. We report the main findings of the WHO Global Maternal Sepsis Study …

Introduction WHO proposes a set of organ-failure based criteria for maternal near miss. Our
objective was to evaluate what implementation of these criteria would mean for the analysis …

Objective Physiological-based cord clamping (PBCC) led to a more stable cardiovascular
adaptation and better oxygenation in preterm lambs, but in preterm infants, this approach …