Published in Lancet on April 09, 2010
HIV Testing at Family Planning Clinics in Mombasa County, Kenya | NCT02994355
Impact Evaluation of Maternity Homes Access in Zambia (MAHMAZ) | NCT02620436
Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet (2014) 22.33
Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet (2014) 11.19
Reproductive health, and child health and nutrition in India: meeting the challenge. Lancet (2011) 6.19
Sub-Saharan Africa's mothers, newborns, and children: where and why do they die? PLoS Med (2010) 5.54
Neonatal mortality levels for 193 countries in 2009 with trends since 1990: a systematic analysis of progress, projections, and priorities. PLoS Med (2011) 5.33
Modeling causes of death: an integrated approach using CODEm. Popul Health Metr (2012) 3.12
Where do poor women in developing countries give birth? A multi-country analysis of demographic and health survey data. PLoS One (2011) 2.76
Why do women not use antenatal services in low- and middle-income countries? A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies. PLoS Med (2013) 2.64
Institutional delivery service utilization and associated factors among mothers who gave birth in the last 12 months in Sekela District, north west of Ethiopia: a community-based cross sectional study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2012) 2.58
Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet (2016) 2.35
Birth preparedness and complication readiness among pregnant women in Southern Ethiopia. PLoS One (2011) 2.27
Mapping a global agenda for adolescent health. J Adolesc Health (2010) 2.25
Why do women prefer home births in Ethiopia? BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2013) 2.24
Knowledge of obstetric danger signs and birth preparedness practices among women in rural Uganda. Reprod Health (2011) 2.22
Maternal health interventions in resource limited countries: a systematic review of packages, impacts and factors for change. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2011) 2.11
Institutional delivery service utilization in Munisa Woreda, South East Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2012) 2.07
Exploring inequalities in access to and use of maternal health services in South Africa. BMC Health Serv Res (2012) 2.01
The contribution of HIV to pregnancy-related mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. AIDS (2013) 1.99
Health system weaknesses constrain access to PMTCT and maternal HIV services in South Africa: a qualitative enquiry. AIDS Res Ther (2011) 1.96
Designing and Implementing an Innovative SMS-based alert system (RapidSMS-MCH) to monitor pregnancy and reduce maternal and child deaths in Rwanda. Pan Afr Med J (2012) 1.92
Epidemiology of obstetric-related ICU admissions in Maryland: 1999-2008*. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.90
Timing of antenatal care for adolescent and adult pregnant women in south-eastern Tanzania. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2012) 1.89
Male involvement in birth preparedness and complication readiness for emergency obstetric referrals in rural Uganda. Reprod Health (2011) 1.83
The Millennium Development Goals: experiences, achievements and what's next. Glob Health Action (2014) 1.83
The imperfect world of global health estimates. PLoS Med (2010) 1.81
The obstetric consequences of female genital mutilation/cutting: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Obstet Gynecol Int (2013) 1.81
Determinants of institutional delivery in rural Jhang, Pakistan. Int J Equity Health (2011) 1.78
Surgery as a public health intervention: common misconceptions versus the truth. Bull World Health Organ (2011) 1.78
Care during labor and birth for the prevention of intrapartum-related neonatal deaths: a systematic review and Delphi estimation of mortality effect. BMC Public Health (2011) 1.77
Rethinking WHO guidance: review of evidence for misoprostol use in the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage. J R Soc Med (2012) 1.77
Determinants of delivery practices among Afar pastoralists of Ethiopia. Pan Afr Med J (2012) 1.76
Why are women dying when they reach hospital on time? A systematic review of the 'third delay'. PLoS One (2013) 1.68
Impact of community-based interventions on maternal and neonatal health indicators: Results from a community randomized trial in rural Balochistan, Pakistan. Reprod Health (2010) 1.68
Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness (BPCR) interventions to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in developing countries: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2014) 1.67
Liver cirrhosis mortality in 187 countries between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis. BMC Med (2014) 1.66
Impact of a maternal health voucher scheme on institutional delivery among low income women in Pakistan. Reprod Health (2011) 1.66
A rapid assessment of the availability and use of obstetric care in Nigerian healthcare facilities. PLoS One (2012) 1.65
How many births in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia will not be attended by a skilled birth attendant between 2011 and 2015? BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2012) 1.65
Lives saved by tuberculosis control and prospects for achieving the 2015 global target for reducing tuberculosis mortality. Bull World Health Organ (2011) 1.64
The effect of participatory women's groups on birth outcomes in Bangladesh: does coverage matter? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials (2011) 1.63
Contraceptive use and method preference among women in Soweto, South Africa: the influence of expanding access to HIV care and treatment services. PLoS One (2010) 1.63
Geographical access to care at birth in Ghana: a barrier to safe motherhood. BMC Public Health (2012) 1.62
Family planning use among urban poor women from six cities of Uttar Pradesh, India. J Urban Health (2012) 1.59
The role of HIV-related stigma in utilization of skilled childbirth services in rural Kenya: a prospective mixed-methods study. PLoS Med (2012) 1.59
Knowledge and performance of the Ethiopian health extension workers on antenatal and delivery care: a cross-sectional study. Hum Resour Health (2012) 1.55
Improving quality of care for maternal and newborn health: prospective pilot study of the WHO safe childbirth checklist program. PLoS One (2012) 1.55
Measuring unsafe abortion-related mortality: a systematic review of the existing methods. PLoS One (2013) 1.53
Antiretrovirals and safer conception for HIV-serodiscordant couples. Curr Opin HIV AIDS (2012) 1.51
New findings for maternal mortality age patterns: aggregated results for 38 countries. PLoS One (2013) 1.49
Integrating mental health screening into routine community maternal and child health activity: experience from Prevention of Mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) trial in Nigeria. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol (2014) 1.48
Retracted Pregnancy-related mortality in southern Nepal between 2001 and 2006: independent estimates from a prospective, population-based cohort and a direct sisterhood survey. Am J Epidemiol (2010) 1.47
The influence of distance and level of service provision on antenatal care use in rural Zambia. PLoS One (2012) 1.47
An ecological quantification of the relationships between water, sanitation and infant, child, and maternal mortality. Environ Health (2012) 1.45
A systematic review of individual and contextual factors affecting ART initiation, adherence, and retention for HIV-infected pregnant and postpartum women. PLoS One (2014) 1.44
Effect of early detection and treatment on malaria related maternal mortality on the north-western border of Thailand 1986-2010. PLoS One (2012) 1.44
A systematic review of Demographic and Health Surveys: data availability and utilization for research. Bull World Health Organ (2012) 1.43
The role of mothers-in-law in antenatal care decision-making in Nepal: a qualitative study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2010) 1.43
Distribution of causes of maternal mortality among different socio-demographic groups in Ghana; a descriptive study. BMC Public Health (2011) 1.42
Factors associated with the use and quality of antenatal care in Nepal: a population-based study using the demographic and health survey data. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2014) 1.41
Determinants of skilled attendance for delivery in Northwest Ethiopia: a community based nested case control study. BMC Public Health (2013) 1.41
Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet (2016) 1.38
Male responsibility and maternal morbidity: a cross-sectional study in two Nigerian states. BMC Health Serv Res (2011) 1.38
New modelled estimates of maternal mortality. Lancet (2010) 1.38
Effectiveness of Kenya's Community Health Strategy in delivering community-based maternal and newborn health care in Busia County, Kenya: non-randomized pre-test post test study. Pan Afr Med J (2012) 1.38
Geographical variation and factors influencing modern contraceptive use among married women in Ethiopia: evidence from a national population based survey. Reprod Health (2013) 1.36
The relationship between maternal education and mortality among women giving birth in health care institutions: analysis of the cross sectional WHO Global Survey on Maternal and Perinatal Health. BMC Public Health (2011) 1.34
Production and analysis of health indicators: the role of academia. PLoS Med (2010) 1.32
Maternal morbidity and disability and their consequences: neglected agenda in maternal health. J Health Popul Nutr (2012) 1.32
A call for responsible estimation of global health. PLoS Med (2010) 1.31
Impact of Janani Suraksha Yojana on institutional delivery rate and maternal morbidity and mortality: an observational study in India. J Health Popul Nutr (2012) 1.29
What are the barriers to scaling up health interventions in low and middle income countries? A qualitative study of academic leaders in implementation science. Global Health (2012) 1.29
When women deliver with no one present in Nigeria: who, what, where and so what? PLoS One (2013) 1.28
Reduction of severe acute maternal morbidity and maternal mortality in Thyolo District, Malawi: the impact of obstetric audit. PLoS One (2011) 1.28
Maternal near miss and mortality in a rural referral hospital in northern Tanzania: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2013) 1.28
Reductions in abortion-related mortality following policy reform: evidence from Romania, South Africa and Bangladesh. Reprod Health (2011) 1.27
Preventable maternal mortality: geographic/rural-urban differences and associated factors from the population-based Maternal Mortality Surveillance System in China. BMC Public Health (2011) 1.27
Maternal deaths drop by one-third from 1990 to 2008: a United Nations analysis. Bull World Health Organ (2010) 1.27
Setting research priorities for preconception care in low- and middle-income countries: aiming to reduce maternal and child mortality and morbidity. PLoS Med (2013) 1.26
To use or not to use a condom: a prospective cohort study comparing contraceptive practices among HIV-infected and HIV-negative youth in Uganda. BMC Infect Dis (2011) 1.26
Modern contraceptive and dual method use among HIV-infected women in Lusaka, Zambia. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol (2011) 1.25
Cesarean section rates and indications in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country study from Medecins sans Frontieres. PLoS One (2012) 1.25
Active tuberculosis case-finding among pregnant women presenting to antenatal clinics in Soweto, South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2011) 1.24
From planning to practice: building the national network for the Surveillance of Severe Maternal Morbidity. BMC Public Health (2011) 1.24
"Quality of prenatal and maternal care: bridging the know-do gap" (QUALMAT study): an electronic clinical decision support system for rural Sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak (2013) 1.24
Towards elimination of maternal deaths: maternal deaths surveillance and response. Reprod Health (2013) 1.24
A systematic review of health system barriers and enablers for antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV-infected pregnant and postpartum women. PLoS One (2014) 1.21
First look: a cluster-randomized trial of ultrasound to improve pregnancy outcomes in low income country settings. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2014) 1.21
An evaluation of two large scale demand side financing programs for maternal health in India: the MATIND study protocol. BMC Public Health (2012) 1.19
An analysis of pregnancy-related mortality in the KEMRI/CDC health and demographic surveillance system in western Kenya. PLoS One (2013) 1.18
Maternal mortality: surprise, hope, and urgent action. Lancet (2010) 1.18
Redesigning the AIDS response for long-term impact. Bull World Health Organ (2011) 1.17
Waiting for attention and care: birthing accounts of women in rural Tanzania who developed obstetric fistula as an outcome of labour. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2011) 1.17
Sexual orientation and mortality among US men aged 17 to 59 years: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III. Am J Public Health (2011) 1.17
A retrospective analysis of maternal and neonatal mortality at a teaching and referral hospital in Kenya. Reprod Health (2013) 1.16
Understanding global trends in maternal mortality. Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health (2013) 1.15
A New Method for Deriving Global Estimates of Maternal Mortality. Stat Politics Policy (2012) 1.15
Uterine rupture in a teaching hospital in Mbarara, western Uganda, unmatched case- control study. Reprod Health (2013) 1.14
Trends in antenatal care attendance and health facility delivery following community and health facility systems strengthening interventions in Northern Uganda. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2013) 1.14
Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 56.72
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 41.47
Global and regional burden of disease and risk factors, 2001: systematic analysis of population health data. Lancet (2006) 37.83
Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 26.95
Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease. Lancet (2002) 24.47
Household catastrophic health expenditure: a multicountry analysis. Lancet (2003) 20.07
Global malaria mortality between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis. Lancet (2012) 17.62
Global burden of disease attributable to mental and substance use disorders: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2013) 16.76
Counting the dead and what they died from: an assessment of the global status of cause of death data. Bull World Health Organ (2005) 15.50
Progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on maternal and child mortality: an updated systematic analysis. Lancet (2011) 14.16
Financing of global health: tracking development assistance for health from 1990 to 2007. Lancet (2009) 13.41
Neonatal, postneonatal, childhood, and under-5 mortality for 187 countries, 1970-2010: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 4. Lancet (2010) 12.28
The preventable causes of death in the United States: comparative risk assessment of dietary, lifestyle, and metabolic risk factors. PLoS Med (2009) 12.13
Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 11.32
Public financing of health in developing countries: a cross-national systematic analysis. Lancet (2010) 11.22
Estimates of global mortality attributable to smoking in 2000. Lancet (2003) 10.52
The state of US health, 1990-2010: burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors. JAMA (2013) 10.43
Global and regional burden of stroke during 1990-2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2014) 10.06
Estimation of potential global pandemic influenza mortality on the basis of vital registry data from the 1918-20 pandemic: a quantitative analysis. Lancet (2006) 9.85
GBD 2010: design, definitions, and metrics. Lancet (2012) 8.64
Healthy life expectancy for 187 countries, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 8.22
What has made the population of Japan healthy? Lancet (2011) 8.18
50-year trends in smoking-related mortality in the United States. N Engl J Med (2013) 7.80
Breast and cervical cancer in 187 countries between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis. Lancet (2011) 7.71
Rapid health transition in China, 1990-2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2013) 7.70
Age-specific and sex-specific mortality in 187 countries, 1970-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 7.62
Can we achieve Millennium Development Goal 4? New analysis of country trends and forecasts of under-5 mortality to 2015. Lancet (2007) 6.72
Causes of cancer in the world: comparative risk assessment of nine behavioural and environmental risk factors. Lancet (2005) 6.63
Trends in national and state-level obesity in the USA after correction for self-report bias: analysis of health surveys. J R Soc Med (2006) 6.11
UK health performance: findings of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2013) 6.11
Burden of depressive disorders by country, sex, age, and year: findings from the global burden of disease study 2010. PLoS Med (2013) 6.04
Measuring the global burden of disease. N Engl J Med (2013) 5.84
Social inequalities in male mortality, and in male mortality from smoking: indirect estimation from national death rates in England and Wales, Poland, and North America. Lancet (2006) 5.70
Civil registration systems and vital statistics: successes and missed opportunities. Lancet (2007) 5.67
Increased educational attainment and its effect on child mortality in 175 countries between 1970 and 2009: a systematic analysis. Lancet (2010) 5.36
Estimates of global and regional potential health gains from reducing multiple major risk factors. Lancet (2003) 5.26
Measuring the burden of neglected tropical diseases: the global burden of disease framework. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2007) 4.87
Rethinking the "diseases of affluence" paradigm: global patterns of nutritional risks in relation to economic development. PLoS Med (2005) 4.64
Worldwide epidemiology of atrial fibrillation: a Global Burden of Disease 2010 Study. Circulation (2013) 4.60
Monitoring global health: time for new solutions. BMJ (2004) 4.39
Validation of the symptom pattern method for analyzing verbal autopsy data. PLoS Med (2007) 4.35
Global and regional mortality from ischaemic heart disease and stroke attributable to higher-than-optimum blood glucose concentration: comparative risk assessment. Lancet (2006) 4.26