Maternal Mortality

"Maternal Mortality" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Maternal deaths resulting from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in a given population.

Descriptor ID	D008428
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.308.985.550.500 N01.224.935.698.653 N06.850.505.400.975.550.500 N06.850.520.308.985.550.500
Concept/Terms	Maternal Mortality Maternal Mortality Mortality, Maternal Maternal Mortalities Mortalities, Maternal

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Maternal Mortality".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Data Collection [E05.318.308]
Vital Statistics [E05.318.308.985]
Mortality [E05.318.308.985.550]
Maternal Mortality [E05.318.308.985.550.500]
Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Demography [N01.224]
Vital Statistics [N01.224.935]
Mortality [N01.224.935.698]
Maternal Mortality [N01.224.935.698.653]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Measurements [N06.850.505]
Demography [N06.850.505.400]
Vital Statistics [N06.850.505.400.975]
Mortality [N06.850.505.400.975.550]
Maternal Mortality [N06.850.505.400.975.550.500]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Data Collection [N06.850.520.308]
Vital Statistics [N06.850.520.308.985]
Mortality [N06.850.520.308.985.550]
Maternal Mortality [N06.850.520.308.985.550.500]

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Bar chart showing 24 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2019 and 2021 and 2024 and 2025

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2005	0	1	1
2011	1	0	1
2012	0	1	1
2013	1	0	1
2014	1	1	2
2015	0	1	1
2016	1	0	1
2018	0	1	1
2019	1	2	3
2020	1	1	2
2021	1	2	3
2022	0	1	1
2024	1	2	3
2025	2	1	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Maternal Mortality" by people in Profiles.

Moxon SG, Wharton-Smith A, Sharma S, Aluvaala J, Campbell OMR, Gupta G, Lobis S, Warthin C, Penn-Kekana L, Freedman LP. A Delphi process to build consensus on revised Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) signal functions and levels of care. PLoS One. 2025; 20(9):e0331684.

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Teka H, Ebrahim MM, Nardos R, Legesse AY, Berhe Y, Berhe H, Gebregziabher M, Kiros GE. The impact of armed conflict on maternal morbidity and mortality at a teaching hospital in the Tigray region of Ethiopia: a pre-war and wartime comparative analysis. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2025 Apr 03; 25(1):389.

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Griffin MM, Hernandez ND, Mehranian A, Wright DVR, Phillips K, Olanrewaju R, Franklin CG. Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis in Rural Georgia: Challenges, Disparities, and Pathways to Improvement. Am Surg. 2025 May; 91(5):732-736.

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Moxon SG, B SS, Penn-Kekana L, Sharma S, Talbott J, Campbell OMR, Freedman L. Evolving narratives on signal functions for monitoring maternal and newborn health services: A meta-narrative inspired review. Soc Sci Med. 2024 07; 352:116980.

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Sharma S, Campbell OMR, Oswald WE, Adhikari D, Paudel P, Lal B, Penn-Kekana L. Increased utilisation and quality: a focus on inequality and a learning health system approach-explaining Nepal's success in reducing maternal and newborn mortality 2000-2020. BMJ Glob Health. 2024 May 06; 9(Suppl 2).

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Hernandez-Green N, Davis MV, Farinu O, Hernandez-Spalding K, Lewis K, Beshara MS, Francis S, Baker LJ, Byrd S, Parker A, Chandler R. Using mHealth to reduce disparities in Black maternal health: Perspectives from Black rural postpartum mothers. Womens Health (Lond). 2024 Jan-Dec; 20:17455057241239769.

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Tavera G, Dongarwar D, Salemi JL, Akindela O, Osazuwa I, Akpan EB, Okolie U, Johnson M, Spooner KK, Akpan UI, Yusuf KK, Chukwudum C, Salihu HM, Olaleye OA. Diabetes in pregnancy and risk of near-miss, maternal mortality and foetal outcomes in the USA: a retrospective cross-sectional analysis. J Public Health (Oxf). 2022 08 25; 44(3):549-557.

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Howard JT, Sparks CS, Santos-Lozada AR, Olowolaju SA, Janak JC, Howard KJ. Trends in Mortality Among Pregnant and Recently Pregnant Women in the US, 2015-2019. JAMA. 2021 Oct 26; 326(16):1631-1633.

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Gyamfi-Bannerman C, Huang Y, Bateman BT, Benson RJ, Pack AM, Wright JD, D'Alton ME, Friedman AM. Maternal morbidity and mortality associated with epilepsy. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2022 Dec; 35(25):7917-7923.

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Bond RM, Gaither K, Nasser SA, Albert MA, Ferdinand KC, Njoroge JN, Parapid B, Hayes SN, Pegus C, Sogade B, Grodzinsky A, Watson KE, McCullough CA, Ofili E. Working Agenda for Black Mothers: A Position Paper From the Association of Black Cardiologists on Solutions to Improving Black Maternal Health. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2021 02; 14(2):e007643.

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