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Maternal and perinatal health

Journal articles

2017

• Audit and feedback using the Robsonclassification to reduce caesarean section rates:a systematic review
  BJOG 2017; https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.14774. Published 17 July 2017.
• Integrated Person-Centered Health Care for All Women During Pregnancy: Implementing World Health Organization Recommendations on Antenatal Care for a Positive Pregnancy Experience
  Global Health: Science and Practice June 27, 2017 vol. 5 no. 2 p. 197-201
• WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience—going beyond survival
  BJOG DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.14599 - Published: 9 March 2017
• Effect of Puerperal Infections on Early Neonatal Mortality: A Secondary Analysis of Six Demographic and Health Surveys
  PLoS ONE 12(1): e0170856.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0170856 - Published 25 January 2017
• Perceptions and experiences of the mistreatment of women during childbirth in health facilities in Guinea: a qualitative study with women and service providers
  Reproductive Health 2017 14:3 DOI: 10.1186/s12978-016-0266 - Published: 11 January 2017
• A qualitative study of women’s and health providers’ attitudes and acceptability of mistreatment during childbirth in health facilities in Guinea
  Reproductive Health 2017 14:3 DOI: 10.1186/s12978-016-0266 - Published: 11 January 2017

2016

• Prophylactic versus selective blood transfusion for sickle cell disease in pregnancy
  Cochrane Library DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010378.pub3 - Published online: 22 December 2016.
• Perceptions and experiences of labour companionship: a qualitative evidence synthesis
  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016, Issue 12. Art. No.: CD012449. Published 5 December 2016
• Clinical practice patterns on the use of magnesium sulphate for treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia: a multi-country survey
  BJOG 24 November 2016
• International Human Rights and the Mistreatment of Women during Childbirth
  Health and Human Rights Journal, 14 November 2016
• Maternal and Neonatal Health in Africa at MDG End: Availability of and Access to Maternal Health Services, and Outcomes of Intervention Strategies
  International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics , November 2016, Volume 135, Supplement 1, Page S1
• Testing a counselling intervention in antenatal care for women experiencing partner violence: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in Johannesburg, South Africa
  BMC Health Services Research 2016, 16:630 Published: 5 November 2016
• Barriers, Facilitators and Priorities for Implementation of WHO Maternal and Perinatal Health Guidelines in Four Lower-Income Countries: A GREAT Network Research Activity
  PLOS one Published: November 2, 2016
• Standards for Improving Quality of Care for Mothers and Newborns in Health Facilities
  Maternal Health Task Force Blog - Posted 2 September 2016
• Onsite midwife-led birth units (OMBU) for care around the time of childbirth: a systematic review
  BMJ Global Health DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000096 Published 2 September 2016
• By slapping their laps, the patient will know that you truly care for her”: A qualitative study on social norms and acceptability of the mistreatment of women during childbirth in Abuja, Nigeria
  SSM -Population Health 2 (2016) 640 – 655
• A common monitoring framework for ending preventable maternal mortality, 2015–2030: phase I of a multi-step process
  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth DOI: 10.1186/s12884-016-1035-4 Published: 26 August 2016
• Learning from every stillbirth and neonatal death
  The Lancet Volume 388, No. 10046, p741–743, 20 August 2016
• Effect of BMI and body weight on pregnancy rates with LNG as emergency contraception: analysis of four WHO HRP studies
  Contraception Available online 12 August 2016
• Global, regional and national levels and trends of preterm birth rates for 1990 to 2014: protocol for development of World Health Organization estimates
  Reproductive Health 2016 13:76 DOI: 10.1186/s12978-016-0193-1 Published: 17 June 2016
• Maternal morbidity measurement tool pilot: study protocol
  Reproductive Health 2016 13:69 DOI: 10.1186/s12978-016-0164-6 Published: 9 June 2016
• Quality of oxytocin available in low and middle income countries: a systematic review of the literature
  BJOG Article first published online: 22 MAR 2016 - DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13998
• Constructing maternal morbidity – towards a standard tool to measure and monitor maternal health beyond mortality
  BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2016 Mar 2;16(1):45. doi: 10.1186/s12884-015-0789-4.
• Antenatal care for healthy pregnant women: a mapping of interventions from existing guidelines to inform the development of new WHO guidance on antenatal care
  BJOG Volume 123, Issue 4, pages 529–539, March 2016
• What matters to women: a systematic scoping review to identify the processes and outcomes of antenatal care provision that are important to healthy pregnant women
  BJOG Volume 123, Issue 4, pages 529–539, March 2016
• Classifying the causes of perinatal death
  Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2016;94:79-79A. February 2016.
• The increasing trend in caesarean section rates: global, regional and national estimates: 1990-2014.
  PLoS One. 2016 Feb 5;11(2):e0148343. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148343. eCollection 2016.
• Caesarean section in Peru: analysis of trends using the Robson classification system
• Antenatal Corticosteroids for Reducing Adverse Maternal and Child Outcomes in Special Populations of Women at Risk of Imminent Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  PLoS One. 2016 Feb 3;11(2):e0147604. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147604. eCollection 2016.
• Ending preventable stillbirths
  The Lancet Series - Published: January 19, 2016
• Tocolysis for inhibiting preterm birth in extremely preterm birth, multiple gestations and in growth-restricted fetuses: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  Reproductive Health 2016, 13:4 doi:10.1186/s12978-015-0115-7 - Published: 14 January 2016

2015

Caesarean section

• A global reference for caesarean section rates (C-Model): a multicountry cross-sectional study
  BJOG - Article first published online: 10 AUG 2015 DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13509
• WHO Statement on caesarean section rates: a commentary
  BJOG 2015; DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13526. Article first published online: 22 JUL 2015.
• What is the optimal rate of caesarean section at population level? A systematic review of ecologic studies
  Reprod Health. 2015 Jun 21;12(1):57. [Epub ahead of print]
• Inequities in the use of cesarean section deliveries in the world
  Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Apr;206(4):331.e1-19.
• Use of the Robson classification to assess caesarean section trends in 21 countries: a secondary analysis of two WHO multicountry surveys
  The Lancet 10 April 2015
• Use of the Robson classification has improved understanding of caesarean section rates in France
  BJOG. 2015 Jan 5. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.13266.

• What matters to women: a systematic scoping review to identify the processes and outcomes of antenatal care provision that are important to healthy pregnant women
  BJOG 2015; DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13819 - Article first published online: 24 DEC 2015
• Antenatal care for healthy pregnant women: a mapping of interventions from existing guidelines to inform the development of new WHO guidance on antenatal care
  BJOG 2015; DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13820 - Article first published online: 23 DEC 2015
• Searching for the definition of macrosomia through an outcome-based approach in low- and middle-income countries: a secondary analysis of the WHO Global Survey in Africa, Asia and Latin America
  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015, 15:324 doi:10.1186/s12884-015-0765-z - Published: 3 December 2015
• Promoting respect and preventing mistreatment during childbirth
  BJOG 2015; DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13750 - Article first published online: 1 December 2015
• Clinical pharmacokinetic properties of magnesium sulphate in women with pre-eclampsia and eclampsia: a systematic review
  BJOG DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13753 - Article first published online: 24 NOV 2015
• Alternative regimens of magnesium sulfate for treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia: a systematic review of non-randomized studies
  Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2015 Oct 20. doi: 10.1111/aogs.12807.
• How women are treated during facility-based childbirth: development and validation of measurement tools in four countries – phase 1 formative research study protocol
  Reproductive Health 2015, 12:60 doi:10.1186/s12978-015-0047-2. Published: 22 July 2015
• WHO Better Outcomes in Labour Difficulty (BOLD) project: innovating to improve quality of care around the time of childbirth
  Reproductive Health 2015, 12:48 (26 May 2015)
• Formative research and development of innovative tools for “Better Outcomes in Labour Difficulty” (BOLD): study protocol
  Reproductive Health 2015, 12:50 (26 May 2015)
• The development of a Simplified, Effective, Labour Monitoring-to-Action (SELMA) tool for Better Outcomes in Labour Difficulty (BOLD): study protocol
  Reproductive Health 2015, 12:49 (26 May 2015)
• The Mistreatment of women during childbirth in health facilities globally: A mixed-methods systematic review
  PLoS Med 12(6): e1001847. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001847
• When getting there is not enough: a nationwide cross-sectional study of 998 maternal deaths and 1451 near-misses in public tertiary hospitals in a low-income country
  BJOG 2015; DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13450. Article first published online: 14 MAY 2015
• For every woman, every child, everywhere: a universal agenda for the health of women, children, and adolescents
  The Lancet , Volume 385 , Issue 9981 , 1919 - 1920
• Burden of obstetric fistula: from measurement to action
  Lancet Glob Health. 2015 May;3(5):e243-4. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)70105-1.
• Obstetric transition in the World Health Organization Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health: exploring pathways for maternal mortality reduction
  Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2015;37(4/5):203–10.
• Uterotonic agents for preventing postpartum haemorrhage: a network meta-analysis
  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, Issue 5. Art. No.: CD011689. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011689.
• Non-pneumatic anti-shock garment for improving maternal survival following severe postpartum haemorrhage: a systematic review
  Reproductive Health. 2015, 12:28 - Published: 31 March 2015
• Measuring the incidence and prevalence of obstetric fistula: approaches, needs and recommendations
  Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2015;93:60-62. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.14.141473
• Controlled cord traction for the third stage of labour
  Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Jan 29;1:CD008020. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008020.pub2

2014

Caesarean section

• Googling caesarean section: a survey on the quality of the information available on the Internet
  BJOG BJOG DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13081. Published online 11 September 2014.
• Searching for the optimal rate of medically necessary cesarean delivery
  Jiangfeng Ye, Ana Pilar Betrán, Miguel Guerrero Vela, Joäo Paulo Souza and Jun Zhang Article first published online: 11 APR 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/birt.12104
• A systematic review of the Robson classification for caesarean section: what works, doesn't work and how to improve it
  Plos One. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097769

• Searching for the definition of macrosomia through an outcome-based approach in low- and middle-income countries: a secondary analysis of the WHO Global Survey in Africa, Asia and Latin America
  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015, 15:324 doi:10.1186/s12884-015-0765-z - Published: 3 December 2015
• Promoting respect and preventing mistreatment during childbirth
  BJOG 2015; DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13750 - Article first published online: 1 December 2015
• Clinical pharmacokinetic properties of magnesium sulphate in women with pre-eclampsia and eclampsia: a systematic review
  BJOG DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13753 - Article first published online: 24 NOV 2015
• Seeking what matters: Determinants of clients’ satisfaction in obstetric care services in Pakistan
  Journal of Ayub Medical College JAMC 26(4): October-December 2014
• Maternal near-miss audits to improve quality of care
  BJOG 2014; 121 (Suppl. 4): 102–104.
• Risk factors and adverse perinatal outcomes among term and preterm infants born small-for-gestational-age: secondary analyses of the WHO Multi-Country Survey on maternal and newborn health
  PLoS One. 2014 Aug 13;9(8):e105155. doi: 10.1371.
• Use of antenatal corticosteroids and tocolytic drugs in preterm births in 29 countries: an analysis of the WHO Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health.
  Lancet . 2014 Aug 12. pii: S0140-6736(14)60580-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60580-8.
• Maternal and perinatal health research priorities beyond 2015: an international survey and prioritization exercise
  Reprod Health. 2014 Aug 7;11(1):61. doi: 10.1186/1742-4755-11-61.
• Combination of tocolytic agents for inhibiting preterm labour
  Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Jul 11;7:CD006169. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006169.pub2.
• Measurement of perceptions of educational environment in evidence-based medicine
  Evidence-Based Medicine. 2014 Aug;19(4):123-31. doi: 10.1136/eb-2014-101726.
• Global causes of maternal death: a WHO systematic analysis
  Dr Lale Say MD,Doris Chou MD,Alison Gemmill MPH,Özge Tunçalp MD,Ann-Beth Moller MSc,Jane Daniels PhD,A Metin Gülmezoglu MD,Marleen Temmerman MD,Leontine Alkema PhD The Lancet Global Health - 1 June 2014
• Per-protocol effect of earlier non-pneumatic anti-shock garment application for obstetric hemorrhage
  El Ayadi A, et al, Per-protocol effect of earlier non-pneumatic anti-shock garment application for obstetric hemorrhage, Int J Gynecol Obstet (2014)
• Obstetric transition: the pathway towards ending preventable maternal deaths
  Souza JP, Tunçalp Ö, Vogel JP, Bohren M, Widmer M, Oladapo OT, Say L, Gülmezoglu AM, Temmerman. BJOG. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.12735.

2013

Caesarean section

• Increasing caesarean section rates among low-risk groups: a panel study classifying deliveries according to Robson at a university hospital in Tanzania
• Inequities in the use of cesarean section deliveries in the world
  Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Apr;206(4):331.e1-19.

• What works in saving children: the essentials
  J Frederik Frøen, Marleen Temmerman. Lancet, DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61345-8
• Advancing social and economic development by investing in women's and children's health: a new Global Investment Framework
  Stenberg K et al. The Lancet Early Online Publication, 19 November 2013 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62231-X
• The prevention of postpartum hemorrhage in the community
  Souza JP. PLoS Med 10(10): e1001525. doi:10.1371
• Determinants of implementation of maternal health guidelines in Kosovo: mixed methods study
  Straus SE, Moore JE, Uka S, Marquez C, Gülmezoglu AM. Implement Sci. 2013 Sep 9;8(1):108.
• New WHO recommendations on prevention and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage
  Tunçalp O, Souza JP, Gülmezoglu M. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2013 Aug 30. doi:pii: S0020-7292(13)00419-0. 10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.06.024
• Titrated oral misoprostol for augmenting labour to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes
  Vogel JP, West HM, Dowswell T. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Sep. 23;9:CD010648
• Determinants of implementation of maternal health guidelines in Kosovo: mixed methods study
  Sharon E Straus, Julia E Moore, Sami Uka, Christine Marquez and A Metin Gülmezoglu. Implementation Science 2013, 8:108 [open access]
• Global and regional estimates of preeclampsia and eclampsia: a systematic review
  Edgardo Abalos, Cristina Cuesta, Ana L. Grosso, Doris Chou, Lale Say. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2013 Aug;170(1):1-7
• Maternal near miss and quality of maternal health care in Baghdad, Iraq
  The Lancet Global Health, Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages e26 - e36, July 2013
• Macrosomia in 23 developing countries: an analysis of a multicountry, facility-based, cross-sectional survey
  Lancet. 2013 Feb 9;381(9865):476-83. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61605-5
• Paracetamol/acetaminophen (single administration) for perineal pain in the early postpartum period
  Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Jan 31;1:CD008407. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008407.pub2
• Antenatal care packages with reduced visits and perinatal mortality: a secondary analysis of the WHO Antenatal Care Trial
  Reproductive Health 2013, 10:19 doi:10.1186/1742-4755-10-1
• Global and regional estimates of preeclampsia and eclampsia: a systematic review
  Edgardo Abalos, Cristina Cuesta, Ana L. Grosso, Doris Chou, Lale Say. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2013 Aug;170(1):1-7

Comment

• Ending preventable maternal deaths: the time is now
  The Lancet Global Health Early Online Publication, 19 August 2013

• Tocolysis for inhibiting preterm birth in extremely preterm birth, multiple gestations and in growth-restricted fetuses: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  Reproductive Health 2016, 13:4 doi:10.1186/s12978-015-0115-7 - Published: 14 January 2016