Strategies for reducing maternal mortality: getting on with what works.

By O. Campbell, W. Graham. The Lancet, 2006

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Economic Status, Education and Empowerment: Implications for Maternal Health Service Utilization in Developing Countries (2010, background): “Numerous authors suggest that the vast majority of maternal deaths are preventable by giving women access to relatively basic maternal health services [2–7].”
Ending Extreme Poverty and Sharing Prosperity: Progress and Policies (2015, background): “Providing access to prenatal care and ensuring that births are managed by skilled professionals will reduce the odds of maternal and child mortality (Campbell and Graham 2006).”
Still too far to walk: Literature review of the determinants of delivery service use (2009, positive): “Skilled attendants can perform deliveries either at home, in health centres or in hospitals, but it is argued that the most efficient strategy for lowerincome countries is to place them in health centres with referral capacity [6].”
Facilitators and barriers to facility-based delivery in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative evidence synthesis (2014, background): “Evidenc e-based clinical and preventative interventions aimed at reducing maternal and neonat al morbidity and mortality are well documented [2-5].”