This review relates nutritional status to pregnancy-related death in the developing world,
where maternal mortality rates are typically≥ 100-fold higher than rates in the industrialized …

To reduce the horrific maternal mortality figures that we have globally especially in resource
poor countries, there was a global commitment to reduce maternal mortality by three …

Improving maternal health and reducing maternal mortality have been key concerns of
several international summits and conferences since the late 1980s, including the …

Ten years of Safe Motherhood Initiative notwithstanding, many developing countries still
experience maternal mortality levels similar to those of industrialized countries in the early …

Exploiting variation across states and municipalities in the timing and details of midwifery
laws introduced during the period 1900–1940 and using data assembled from various …

This paper sets out the rationale for ensuring that all pregnant women have access to skilled
health care practitioners during pregnancy and childbirth. It describes why increasing …

The maternal mortality rate in Sweden in the early 20th century was one third that in the
United States. This rate was recognized by American visitors as an achievement of Swedish …

As a matter of fact, the patterns of maternal mortality were very different during the 1870-
1937 period in industrialised countries such as USA, England and Wales or Sweden. This …

Background This systematic review was conducted to map the literature on all the existing
evidence regarding individual and ecological determinants of maternal mortality in the world …

What are the consequences of a severe health shock like an influenza pandemic on fertility?
Using rich administrative data and a difference-in-differences approach, we evaluate fertility …