A systematic review of inequalities in the use of maternal health care in developing countries: examining the scale of the problem and the importance of context

Two decades after the Safe Motherhood campaigns 1987 launch in India, half a million women continue to die from pregnancy-related causes every year. Key health-care interventions can largely prevent these deaths, but their use is limited in developing countries, and is reported to vary between popul...

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Published in:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 85; no. 10; pp. 812 - 819
Main Authors:	Say, Lale, Raine, Rosalind
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Genève Organisation mondiale de la santé 01.10.2007 World Health Organization The World Health Organization
Subjects:	Biological and medical sciences Context Deaths Developing Countries Epidemiology Female General aspects Health care Health care delivery Health insurance Health services Health Services Accessibility - economics Health Services Accessibility - organization & administration Health status Humans Inequality Intervention LDCs Maternal & child health Maternal characteristics Maternal Health Services - economics Maternal Health Services - organization & administration Medical education Medical schools Medical sciences Medical workers Miscellaneous Mothers Obstetrics Outcome Assessment, Health Care Parturition Population Pregnancy Prenatal Care Public Health Reviews Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Quality Quality of care Quality of Health Care - economics Quality of Health Care - organization & administration Ratios Reproductive health Residence Risk factors Rural areas Rural Population Safe motherhood Socioeconomic factors Socioeconomic status Socioeconomics Subject heading schemes Systematic review Urban Population Women Womens health Evaluation scale Use Developing countries Systematic review Epidemiology Care Pregnancy Mother Tropical medicine Delivery Public health Inequality WHO
ISSN:	0042-9686, 1564-0604
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