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Comparison of domiciliary and institutional delivery-care practices in rural Rajasthan, India. J Health Popul Nutr (2009) 1.84
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The Tanzania Connect Project: a cluster-randomized trial of the child survival impact of adding paid community health workers to an existing facility-focused health system. BMC Health Serv Res (2013) 1.49
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Mobile phones improve antenatal care attendance in Zanzibar: a cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2014) 1.40
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Reducing stillbirths: behavioural and nutritional interventions before and during pregnancy. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2009) 1.32
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Effect of Chiranjeevi Yojana on institutional deliveries and neonatal and maternal outcomes in Gujarat, India: a difference-in-differences analysis. Bull World Health Organ (2013) 1.30
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Maternal near miss and mortality in a rural referral hospital in northern Tanzania: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2013) 1.28
Supply-related drivers of staff motivation for providing intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy in Tanzania: evidence from two rural districts. Malar J (2012) 1.28
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Recent trends in maternal, newborn, and child health in Brazil: progress toward Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. Am J Public Health (2010) 1.24
From joint thinking to joint action: a call to action on improving water, sanitation, and hygiene for maternal and newborn health. PLoS Med (2014) 1.23
Use of family planning methods in Kassala, Eastern Sudan. BMC Res Notes (2011) 1.23
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Prospective study of determinants and costs of home births in Mumbai slums. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2010) 1.18
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Going to scale with professional skilled care. Lancet (2006) 7.92
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Strengthening standardised interpretation of verbal autopsy data: the new InterVA-4 tool. Glob Health Action (2012) 3.68
Mobilising financial resources for maternal health. Lancet (2006) 3.53
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The impact of economic recession on maternal and infant mortality: lessons from history. BMC Public Health (2010) 1.02
An option for measuring maternal mortality in developing countries: a survey using community informants. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2010) 0.92
Are birth kits a good idea? A systematic review of the evidence. Midwifery (2011) 0.91
A practical approach to identifying maternal deaths missed from routine hospital reports: lessons from Indonesia. Glob Health Action (2009) 0.91
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