SynthesisEthiopian journal of health sciences2014
Skilled health personnel attended delivery as a proxy indicator for maternal and perinatal mortality: a systematic review.
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- A meta-analysis of selected maternal and fetal factors for perinatal mortality.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2014Pooled it
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- Spatial variation of skilled birth attendance and associated factors among reproductive age women in Ethiopia, 2019; a spatial and multilevel analysis.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Article
- Trends in the utilisation of skilled birth attendance among pregnant women in Benin, from 2001 to 2017-2018, and projections to 2030.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Maternal Mortality in a Rural District of Pakistan and Contributing Factors.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Article
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on the Maternal Mortality in Kazakhstan and Comparison with the Countries in Central Asia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Southern Ethiopian skilled birth attendant variations and maternal mortality: A multilevel study of a population-based cross-sectional household survey.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Antenatal care booked rural residence women have home delivery during the era of COVID-19 pandemic in Gidan District, Ethiopia.PloS one · 2023Article
- Use of motorised transport and pathways to childbirth care in health facilities: Evidence from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Prevalence and Factors Associated with Home Childbirth with Unskilled Birth Assistance in Dodoma-Tanzania: A Cross Sectional Study.The East African health research journal · 2020Article
- Evaluating maternal and child health indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals in 2018: what is Iran's position?Epidemiology and health · 2019Article
- Forensic Aspects of Perinatal Deaths.Academic forensic pathology · 2018Review
- Skilled delivery service utilization and its association with the establishment of Women's Health Development Army in Yeky district, South West Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis.BMC research notes · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundSeveral demographic and health surveys in Africa have shown the high prevalence of home delivery, but little is known how strongly skilled person unattended deliveries are associated with maternal and perinatal mortality. The aim of this review was to assess the gross correlation of maternal mortality ratios (MMR) and perinatal mortality rates (PMR) with the proportion of skilled health personnel attended deliveries.
methodsIn this study, a systematic review was conducted after a computer based literature search was run in the electronic databases from 1990 through September 2013. Bivariate linear regression analyses were done for the proportion of skilled person attended deliveries in relation with MMR, stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates using national survey data of 41 African countries.
resultsAfrican countries with relatively small population sizes and with middle to high income were found to have above 90% skilled person attended deliveries. Several African countries with a high proportion of skilled person attended deliveries (60%-100%) were able to reduce the MMR to the range of 56-370/100,000 live births. Several Sub Saharan African (SSA) countries were far from their northern counterparts. The regression analyses demonstrated a negative correlation of the proportion of skilled health personnel attended deliveries with the MMR, stillbirth rate and neonatal mortality rate.
conclusionAccording to the national data of the included African countries, skilled delivery attendance was associated with significant reduction of maternal, fetal and neonatal mortality. SSA countries need to benchmark the experience of the North African countries to reduce the high maternal and perinatal deaths.
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