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Cent Afr J Med
; 61(9-12): 76-83, 2015.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29144067
RESUMO
Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH) is the most common cause of maternal mortality globally, leading to a woman's death every seven minutes. In Zimbabwe, there has been a 300% increase in the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) between 1994 and 2010 and the MMR was estimated at 960 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2012.2-3 Overall, 14% of all maternal deaths in Zimbabwe are due to PPH. Ensuring prompt access to high-quality prevention and treatment of PPH for all women who deliver is an essential strategy to combat PPH-related morbidity and mortality and to make progress toward reaching Millennium Development Goal 5, the reduction of maternal mortality by three-quarters by 2015.