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Titre :	Maternal mortality in resource-poor settings : Policy barriers to care. (2005)
Auteurs :	MAVALANKAR (Dileep-V) / disc. : IND. Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. ; ROSENFIELD (Allan) / disc. : USA. Mailman School of Public Health. Columbia University. New York. NY.
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	American journal of public health (vol. 95, n° 2, 2005)
Pagination :	200-203
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Mère ; Mortalité maternelle ; Mortalité ; Epidémiologie ; Politique santé ; Soins ; Monde ; Pays voie développement ; Inde ; Asie ; Pauvreté
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS Dk2ylR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Maternal mortality remains one of the most daunting public health problems in resource-poor settings, and reductions in maternal mortality have been identified as a prominent component of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. The World Health Organization estimates that 515000 women die each year from pregnancy-related causes, and almost all of these deaths occur in developing countries. Evidence has shown that access to and utilization of high-quality emergency obstetric care (EmOC) is central to efforts aimed at reducing maternal mortality. We analyzed health care policies that restrict access to life-saving EmOC in most resource-poor settings, focusing on examples from rural India, a country of more than 1 billion people that contributes approximately 20% to 24% of the world's maternal deaths.

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