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Maternal mortality and distance to facility-based obstetric care in rural southern Tanzania: a secondary analysis of cross-sectional census data in 226 000.

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1 Maternal mortality and distance to facility-based obstetric care in rural southern Tanzania: a secondary analysis of cross-sectional census data in 226 000 households  Dr Claudia Hanson, PhD, Jonathan Cox, PhD, Godfrey Mbaruku, PhD, Fatuma Manzi, PhD, Sabine Gabrysch, PhD, Prof David Schellenberg, PhD, Prof Marcel Tanner, PhD, Prof Carine Ronsmans, DrPH, Prof Joanna Schellenberg, PhD  The Lancet Global Health  Volume 3, Issue 7, Pages e387-e395 (July 2015) DOI: /S X(15) Copyright © 2015 Hanson et al. Open access article published under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Study profile *22 243 livebirths were in the year before the census. The Lancet Global Health 2015 3, e387-e395DOI: ( /S X(15) ) Copyright © 2015 Hanson et al. Open access article published under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Relations between distance and livebirths and caesarean sections Based on the 22 243 livebirths in the year before the study. (A) Distance to nearest hospital. (B) Distance to nearest facility if a hospital, health centre, or dispensary. The Lancet Global Health 2015 3, e387-e395DOI: ( /S X(15) ) Copyright © 2015 Hanson et al. Open access article published under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Pregnancy-related, direct maternal, and indirect maternal mortality ratios by distance to hospital The Lancet Global Health 2015 3, e387-e395DOI: ( /S X(15) ) Copyright © 2015 Hanson et al. Open access article published under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND Terms and Conditions


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