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Editorial illustration: Severe maternal outcomes in two South African hospitals
Research & Evidence

Severe maternal outcomes in two South African hospitals

From the abstract: “A cross-sectional matched case control study design was used to identify clinical factors associated with severe maternal outcomes in two regional hospitals in an urban district in Gauteng. 175 sequential SMO cases (near misses and maternal deaths) were matched to two different controls each.”

Editorial illustration: Factors associated with age at first birth in Ethiopia
Financing & Policy

Factors associated with age at first birth in Ethiopia

From the abstract: “Among women in Ethiopia who had experienced a first birth by the time of the survey, the average maternal age at first birth was 18.7 years(95% CI: [18.2, 19.3]), indicating that a substantial proportion of women begin childbearing at the lower limit recommended by the World Health Organization.”