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 …

Introduction Maternal near miss (MNM) is a useful means to examine quality of obstetric
care. Since the introduction of the WHO MNM criteria in 2011, it has been tested and …

Background Maternal delay factors, together with medical factors, have a substantial role in
determining maternity outcomes. Although several studies were conducted on delay factors …

Background The reduction in maternal mortality worldwide has increased the interest in
studying more frequent severe events such as maternal near miss. The Human …

Abstract Background Applicability of the World Health Organization (WHO) maternal near
miss criteria in low-income settings is not systematically addressed in the literature. The …

Background With the reduction of maternal mortality, maternal near miss (MNM) has been
used as a complementary indicator of maternal health. The objective of this study was to …

Background Since maternal mortality is a rare event, maternal near miss has been used as a
proxy indicator for measuring maternal health. Maternal near miss (MNM) refers to a woman …

Objective To evaluate the validity of WHO's near-miss approach in a low-resource, high
maternal mortality setting. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Mnazi Mmoja Hospital …

Background Training health providers is an important strategy to improve health. We
conducted a cluster-randomised two-arm trial in Tanzania to assess the effect of a 1-day …

Background Potentially life-threatening maternal conditions (PLTCs) is an important proxy
indicator of maternal mortality and the quality of maternal health services. It is helpful to …