Background Maternal mortality continues to be of great public health importance, however
for each woman who dies as the direct or indirect result of pregnancy, many more women …

There is international interest in monitoring severe events in the obstetrical population,
commonly referred to as maternal near miss or severe maternal morbidity. These events can …

A Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) recomenda a análise dos casos de morbidade
materna severa/near miss materno como complemento às análises das mortes de mães …

Reports from the UK Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity are now
published annually. In 2013–15, the maternal mortality rate was 8.8 per 100,000 maternities …

Established in 1952, the programme of surveillance and Confidential Enquiries into
Maternal Deaths in the UK is the longest running such programme worldwide. Although …

Background Maternal near-miss (MNM) is an important maternal health quality-of-care
indicator. To facilitate comparison between countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) …

Using a cohort study design, we analysed 17 diagnoses and 9 interventions (including
critical care admission) as a composite measure of severe maternal morbidity for …

Background Women from Black, Asian and mixed ethnicity backgrounds in the UK
experience higher rates of maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity, and report poorer …

Introduction Ethiopia introduced national Maternal Death Surveillance and Response
(MDSR) in 2013 and is among the first sub-Saharan African countries to capture data on …

Objectives The maternal near-miss case review (NMCR) has been promoted by WHO as an
approach to improve quality of care (QoC) at facility level. This systematic review …