Background Assessment of severe maternal morbidity using World Health Organization
(WHO)'near‐miss' criteria is gaining in importance as a valuable tool in the assessment of …

Background Australia has a maternal mortality ratio of 6.8/100000 live births, a rate akin to
other developed countries and consistent with the high level care provided within the …

Background The World Health Organization (WHO) defines 'maternal near‐miss' as 'a
woman who nearly died but survived a complication that occurred during pregnancy …

Background Assessment of severe maternal morbidity is increasingly being undertaken to
understand the aetiology and factors which lead to adverse maternal outcomes. Their use in …

Background: Maternal mortality is now a rare event in the developed world and its
measurement is no longer a useful way of assessing obstetric care. Examination of cases of …

Background Maternal 'near miss' can be a proxy for maternal death and it describes women
who nearly died due to obstetric complications. It measures life threatening pregnancy …

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 …

Background To determine the prevalence and factors associated with severe ('near miss')
maternal morbidity and mortality in the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali–Rwanda …

Background. A maternal near-miss is defined as a life-threatening pregnancy-related
complication where the woman survives. The World Health Organization (WHO) has …

Background Studies of maternal mortality have been shown to result in important
improvements to women's health. It is now recognised that in countries such as the UK …