Background While the main causes of maternal mortality in low and middle income countries
are well understood, less is known about whether patterns for causes of maternal deaths …

Background Adolescents are often noted to have an increased risk of death during
pregnancy or childbirth compared with older women, but the existing evidence is …

Issues related to maternal mortality have generated a lot of empirical and theoretical
information. However, despite the amount of work published on the topic, maternal mortality …

Introduction Adolescent pregnancy is a known health risk to mother and child. Statements
and reports of health outcomes typically group mothers under 20 years old together. Few …

Purpose: To describe adolescent maternal mortality and analyze its avoidability. Methods:
An audit approach was used to clarify the presence of avoidable factors in 239 maternal …

Background The available literature suggests that there are significant differences in
maternal mortality according to maternal origin in high income countries. The objective of …

Background The role of young maternal age as a determinant of adverse child health
outcomes is controversial, with existing studies providing conflicting results. This work …

Objective To quantify maternal, fetal and neonatal mortality in low-and middle-income
countries, to identify when deaths occur and to identify relationships between maternal …

Background Worldwide, approximately 14 million mothers aged 15–19 years give birth
annually. The number of teenage births in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) is particularly high with …

Objectives This study explores the impact of early motherhood on neonatal mortality, and
how this differs between countries and regions. It assesses whether the risk of neonatal …