Maternal and perinatal mortality and complications associated with caesarean section in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta …

S Sobhy, D Arroyo-Manzano, N Murugesu… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Universal and timely access to a caesarean section is a key requirement for
safe childbirth. We identified the burden of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity …

Essential surgery: key messages from Disease Control Priorities

CN Mock, P Donkor, A Gawande, DT Jamison, ME Kruk… - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Summary The World Bank will publish the nine volumes of Disease Control Priorities, 3rd
edition, in 2015–16. Volume 1—Essential Surgery—identifies 44 surgical procedures as …

Within country inequalities in caesarean section rates: observational study of 72 low and middle income countries

AA Boatin, A Schlotheuber, AP Betran, AB Moller… - bmj, 2018 - bmj.com
Objective To provide an update on economic related inequalities in caesarean section rates
within countries. Design Secondary analysis of demographic and health surveys and …

Maternal and neonatal outcomes after caesarean delivery in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study

D Bishop, RA Dyer, S Maswime, RN Rodseth… - The Lancet Global …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Maternal and neonatal mortality is high in Africa, but few large, prospective
studies have been done to investigate the risk factors associated with these poor maternal …

What is 'global surgery'? Defining the multidisciplinary interface between surgery, anaesthesia and public health

M Bath, T Bashford, JE Fitzgerald - BMJ global health, 2019 - gh.bmj.com
'Global surgery'is the term adopted to describe a rapidly developing multidisciplinary field
aiming to provide improved and equitable surgical care across international health systems …

Cesarean section in sub-Saharan Africa

MS Harrison, RL Goldenberg - Maternal health, neonatology and …, 2016 - Springer
Cesarean section is an essential maternal healthcare service. Its role in labor and delivery
care in low-and middle-income countries is complex; in many low-resource settings it is …

Hospital delivery and neonatal mortality in 37 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: An ecological study

AD Gage, G Fink, JE Ataguba, ME Kruk - PLoS medicine, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Widespread increases in facility delivery have not substantially reduced
neonatal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia over the past 2 decades. This may …

Prevalence and predictors of elective and emergency caesarean delivery among reproductive-aged women in Bangladesh: evidence from demographic and health …

T Muhammad, S Srivastava, P Kumar… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2022 - Springer
Background Over the years, an increasing trend of unnecessary caesarean section (c-
section) deliveries has raised concerns in Bangladesh. So far, many studies have reported …

[HTML][HTML] Essential surgery: key messages

CN Mock, P Donkor, A Gawande… - … surgery. World Bank …, 2015 - books.google.com
1 of This Volume and anesthesia-related deaths in LMICs. Feasible measures, such as the
World Health Organization's (WHO's) Surgical Safety Checklist (WHO 2008a), have led to …

Cesarean delivery and associated socioeconomic factors and neonatal survival outcome in Kenya and Tanzania: analysis of national survey data

M Ochieng Arunda, A Agardh, BO Asamoah - Global Health Action, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The increasing trends in cesarean delivery are globally acknowledged.
However, in many low-resource countries, socioeconomic disparities have created a pattern …