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Now or never: the case for measuring maternal mortalityWendy J Graham
Dugald Baird Centre for Research on Women's Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, Cornhill Road, Aberdeen, Scotland AB25 2ZL, UK
Lancet 359:701-4. 2002- Dear ministerWendy J Graham
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and IMMPACT, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Reprod Health Matters 15:211-3. 2007 
The impact of economic recession on maternal and infant mortality: lessons from historyTim Ensor
Immpact, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
BMC Public Health 10:727. 2010..The effect of the recent world recession on population health has featured heavily in recent international meetings. Maternal health is a particular concern given that many countries were already falling short of their MDG targets for 2015...- An option for measuring maternal mortality in developing countries: a survey using community informantsSiti Nurul Qomariyah
Centre for Family Welfare, Faculty of Public Health, University of Indonesia, Depok, West Java, 16424, Indonesia
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 10:74. 2010.... 
Criterion-based clinical audit in obstetrics: bridging the quality gap?W J Graham
Immpact, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 23:375-88. 2009..Like all audit tools, the ultimate worth of CBCA relates to the action it stimulates in the health system and among providers...- Evaluating skilled care at delivery in Burkina Faso: principles and practiceWendy Graham
Immpact, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Trop Med Int Health 13:6-13. 2008..This not only presents challenges for the implementation of specific interventions within health institutions and communities, but also for the evaluation of their effects... - Undertaking a complex evaluation of safe motherhood in rural Burkina FasoWendy J Graham
Immpact, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Trop Med Int Health 13:1-5. 2008..There is no cheap or short-cut solution... - Measuring maternal mortality: an overview of opportunities and options for developing countriesW J Graham
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen, UK
BMC Med 6:12. 2008..This has been stimulated in part by the creation of a Millennium Development Goal that will be judged partly on the basis of reductions in maternal mortality by 2015... - Measuring progress in reducing maternal mortalityWendy J Graham
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen, UK
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 22:425-45. 2008..Over the last two decades, considerable efforts have been made to understand and overcome the measurement challenges of maternal mortality in the context of weak information systems, and new and enhanced methods and tools have emerged... - Universal reporting of maternal mortality: an achievable goal?W J Graham
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and IMMPACT, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Campus, Aberdeen Scotland, UK
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 94:234-42. 2006..Finally, the paper makes a Call to Action by FIGO to promote REPORT and to encourage health professionals to play their part in improving the quality of reporting on all maternal deaths - not just those directly in their care... - The right to countWendy Graham
Dugald Baird Centre for Research on Women's Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen, AB25 2ZL, Aberdeen, UK
Lancet 363:67-8. 2004 - Randomised controlled trial comparing effectiveness of touch screen system with leaflet for providing women with information on prenatal testsW Graham
Dugald Baird Centre for Research on Women s Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, Aberdeen AB25 2ZL
BMJ 320:155-60. 2000..To compare the effectiveness of touch screen system with information leaflet for providing women with information on prenatal tests... - The familial technique for linking maternal death with povertyWendy J Graham
Dugald Baird Centre for Research on Women s Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Lancet 363:23-7. 2004..Maternal mortality has been proposed as a possible candidate but evidence is lacking on the link with poverty at the level of individuals. We introduce a new approach to exploring the relation--the familial technique... - Holding up a mirror: changing obstetric practice through criterion-based clinical audit in developing countriesP T Wagaarachchi
Dugald Baird Center for Research on Women s Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, Aberdeen, UK
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 74:119-30; discussion 131. 2001..Criterion-based clinical audit in four typical district hospitals in Ghana and Jamaica is a feasible and acceptable method for quality assurance and appears to have improved the management of life-threatening obstetric complications... - Can obstetric complications explain the high levels of obstetric interventions and maternity service use among older women? A retrospective analysis of routinely collected dataJ S Bell
Dugald Baird Centre for Research in Women s Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, UK
BJOG 108:910-8. 2001..To determine whether the higher levels of obstetric intervention and maternity service use among older women can be explained by obstetric complications... - The skilled attendance index: proposal for a new measure of skilled attendance at deliveryJulia Hussein
Dugald Baird Centre for Research on Women s Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, Aberdeen, UK
Reprod Health Matters 12:160-70. 2004..The purpose of applying these measures should be seen not as an end in itself but to advance improvements in delivery care... - How do women identify health professionals at birth in Ghana?Julia Hussein
Dugald Baird Centre for Research on Women s Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, Cornhill Road, Aberdeen AB25 2ZL, Scotland, UK
Midwifery 21:36-43. 2005..This indicator is based on women's reports of their birth attendant. This study explores how women identify health professionals attending their births... - A randomized comparison of medical abortion and surgical vacuum aspiration at 10-13 weeks gestationPremila W Ashok
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, Scotland, UK
Hum Reprod 17:92-8. 2002..Surgical methods are used almost exclusively at 10-13 weeks amenorrhoea... - Improving skilled attendance at delivery: a preliminary report of the SAFE strategy development toolJacqueline Bell
Dugald Baird Centre for Research on Women's Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, Cornhill Road, Aberdeen AB25 2ZL, Scotland, United Kingdom
Birth 30:227-34. 2003..CONCLUSION: The SAFE Strategy Development Tool is now available to governments, organizations, and institutions involved in the implementation of maternal health programs... - Maternity satisfaction studies and their limitations: "What is, must still be best"Edwin R van Teijlingen
Dugald Baird Centre for Research on Women's Health and Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Birth 30:75-82. 2003..Therefore, although satisfaction surveys have a role to play, we argue that they should only be used with caution, and preferably as part of an array of tools... - Outcomes and effectiveness in reproductive healthW J Graham
Dugald Baird Centre for Research on Women s Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aberdeen University, UK
Soc Sci Med 47:1925-36. 1998.... - The cost of microwave endometrial ablation under different anaesthetic and clinical settingsJanelle Seymour
Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Medical School Foresterhill, Scotland, UK
BJOG 110:922-6. 2003..Sensitivity analysis indicated that these findings were sensitive to assumptions in the model... - A randomised controlled trial of microwave endometrial ablation without endometrial preparation in the outpatient setting: patient acceptability, treatment outcome and costsStuart A Jack
Department of Gynaecology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
BJOG 112:1109-16. 2005..Importantly menstrual outcomes are not affected by omission of drug preparation. There is now good evidence to support the use of MEA, without drug endometrial preparation, in the outpatient setting... - The tip of the iceberg: evidence of seasonality in institutional maternal mortality and implications for health resources management in Burkina FasoSennen H Hounton
Department of HIV AIDS and Reproductive Health, Centre Muraz, Burkina Faso
Scand J Public Health 36:310-7. 2008..The aims of this study were to investigate seasonal patterns of institutional maternal deaths and complications, and to test for an association with malaria seasons, rainfall, and household income... - Maternal health in poor countries: the broader context and a call for actionVeronique Filippi
Maternal and Neonatal Health Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Lancet 368:1535-41. 2006..Finally, after examining the political and financial context, we call for action. The need for strategic vision, financial resources, human resources, and information are discussed... - Maternal mortality: who, when, where, and whyCarine Ronsmans
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Lancet 368:1189-200. 2006..Inequalities in the risk of maternal death exist everywhere. Targeting of interventions to the most vulnerable--rural populations and poor people--is essential if substantial progress is to be achieved by 2015... - Ethics in public health research: minding the gaps: a reassessment of the challenges to safe motherhoodWendy J Graham
Maternal Mortality Programme Assessment IMMPACT, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Am J Public Health 97:978-83. 2007..Capitalizing on current global policy interests and generating demand-driven evidence is a priority for enabling documentation of progress toward reaching the United Nations Millennium Development Goals for 2015... - Strategies for reducing maternal mortality: getting on with what worksOona M R Campbell
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Lancet 368:1284-99. 2006..Further delays in getting on with what works begs questions about the commitment of decision-makers to this goal... - Practical lessons from global safe motherhood initiatives: time for a new focus on implementationLynn P Freedman
Averting Maternal Death and Disability Program, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York 10032, USA
Lancet 370:1383-91. 2007..This implementation effort should focus on specific steps for strengthening the capacity of the district health system to convert inputs into functioning services that are accessible to and used by all segments of the population...