Title: The role of pregnancy outcomes in the maternal mortality rates of two areas in Matlab, Bangladesh

Authors: Rahman, Mizanur and DaVanzo, Julie and Razzaque, Abdur

Place: New York, NY

Publisher: Guttmacher institute

Year: 2010

Journal: International perspectives on sexual and reproductive health

Volume: 36(2010)4

PAGE: 170--177

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: maternal welfare, maternal health services, maternal mortality, contraceptive usage, abortion, bangladesh

Abstract: Interventions to increase contraceptive use; to reduce the incidence of induced abortion, miscarriage and stillbirth; to improve the management of such outcomes; and to strengthen antenatal care could substantially reduce maternal mortality in Bangladesh and similar countries.

URL: http://www.guttmacher.org/archive/IFPP.jsp

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