Reducing maternal mortality is the Millennium Development Goal 5. To reach this goal,
countries need an accurate picture of the causes and levels of maternal deaths. Recent …

Please cite this paper as: Schutte J, Steegers E, Schuitemaker N, Santema J, de Boer K, Pel
M, Vermeulen G, Visser W, van Roosmalen J, the Netherlands Maternal Mortality …

Background Women continue to die unnecessarily during or after pregnancy in the
developed world. The aim of this analysis was to compare women with severe maternal …

Objective Capturing 'near miss' and severe maternal morbidity using standard definitions is
challenging. Information about levels of care required by ill pregnant or recently pregnant …

Objectives To validate the WHO maternal near-miss criteria and develop a benchmark tool
for severe maternal morbidity assessments. Methods In a multicenter cross-sectional study …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the population-based rates of severe maternal morbidity during
childbirth hospitalisation and associated characteristics in the Republic of Ireland and to …

This report continues the longest running programme of Confidential Enquiries into maternal
deaths worldwide, and shows a welcome decrease in the overall rate of maternal death …

Audit of severe maternal morbidity is a potent tool in determining standards of maternity
care. This study determines the incidence of severe acute maternal morbidity in our …

Objective. To describe a method for identification, classification and assessment of maternal
deaths in Denmark and to identify substandard care. Design. Register study and case audit …