Maternal health is the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. In most cases, maternal health encompasses the health...

Maternal death or maternal mortality is defined in slightly different ways by several different health organizations. The World Health Organization (WHO)...

birth-timing and limiting family size. Other reasons reported include maternal health, an inability to afford a child, domestic violence, lack of support...

gender equality and women’s wellbeing, their impact on maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health, and their roles in shaping future economic development...

global targets for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) targets to reach a maternal mortality rate (MMR) of 70 per 100...

Maternal oral health has been shown to affect the well-being of both the expectant mother and her unborn fetus. The 2000 Surgeon's General Report stressed...

been large for gestational age. Large birth weight can be caused by maternal health issues such as gestational diabetes and obesity. Large birth weight...

The main aspects of maternal health are prenatal care, post-natal care, family planning and preconception. Rwanda has successfully institutionalised results-based...

the health care system. The lack of maternal health contributes to future economic disparities for mothers and their children. Poor maternal health often...

in Data (using World Health Organization definition): "The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is defined as the number of maternal deaths during a given...