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  • Adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes in adolescent pregnancies: The Global Network’s Maternal Newborn Health Registry study 
    Patel, Archana; Saleem, Sarah; Pasha, Omrana; Esamai, Fabian; Garces, Ana; Liechty, Edward A.; Hambidge, K. Michael; Krebs, Nancy F.; Hibberd, Patricia L. (Springer, 2015)
    Background Adolescent girls between 15 and 19 years give birth to around 16 million babies each year, around 11% of births worldwide. We sought to determine whether adolescent mothers are at higher risk of maternal and ...
  • Adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes in adolescent pregnancies: The global network’s maternal newborn health registry study 
    Althabe, Fernando; Moore, Janet L; Gibbons, Luz; Berrueta, Mabel; Gouda, Shivaprasad S; Chomba, Elwyn; Derman, Richard J; Patel, Archana; Saleem, Sarah; Pasha, Omrana; Esamai, Fabian; Garces, Ana; Liechty, Edward A; Hambidge, K Michael; Krebs, Nancy F; Hibberd, Patricia L; Goldenberg, Robert L; Koso-Thomas, Marion; Carlo, Waldemar A; Cafferata, Maria L; Buekens, Pierre; McClure, Elizabeth M (Biomed central, 2015-06-08)
    Background: Adolescent girls between 15 and 19 years give birth to around 16 million babies each year, around 11% of births worldwide. We sought to determine whether adolescent mothers are at higher risk of maternal ...
  • Adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes in adolescent pregnancies: The global network’s maternal newborn health registry study 
    Althabe, Fernando; Moore, Janet L; Gibbons, Luz; Berrueta, Mabel; Goudar, Shivaprasad S; Chomba, Elwyn; Derman, Richard J; Patel, Archana; Saleem, Sarah; Pasha, Omrana; Esamai, Fabian; Garces, Ana; Liechty, Edward A; Hambidge, K Michael; Krebs, Nancy F; Hibberd, Patricia L; Goldenberg, Robert L; Koso-Thomas, Marion; Carlo, Waldemar A; Cafferata, Maria L; Buekens, Pierre; McClure, Elizabeth M (Biomed central, 2015-06-08)
    Background: Adolescent girls between 15 and 19 years give birth to around 16 million babies each year, around 11% of births worldwide. We sought to determine whether adolescent mothers are at higher risk of maternal ...
  • Data quality monitoring and performance metrics of a prospective, population-based observational study of maternal and newborn health in low resource settings 
    Goudar, Shivaprasad S.; Stolka, Kristen B.; Koso-Thomas, Marion; Esamai, Fabian; Chomba, Elwyn; Garces, Ana; Althabe, Fernando; Carlo, Weldemar A.; Goldenberg, Robert L. (Springer, 2015)
    Background To describe quantitative data quality monitoring and performance metrics adopted by the Global Network’s (GN) Maternal Newborn Health Registry (MNHR), a maternal and perinatal population-based registry (MPPBR) ...
  • Epidemiology of stillbirth in low-middle income countries: A global network study 
    Mcclure, Elizabeth M; Pasha, Omrana; Goudar, Shivaprasad S; Chomba, Elwyn; Garces, Ana; Tshefu, Antoinette; Althabe, Fernando; Esamai, Fabian; Patel, Archana; Wright, Linda I; Moore, Janet; Kodkany, Bhalchandra S; Belizan, Jose M; Saleem, Sarah; Derman, Richard J; Carlo, Waldemar A; Hambidge, K. Michael; Buekens, Pierre; Liechty, Edward A; Bose, Carl; Koso-Thomas, Marion; Jobe, Alan H; Goldenberg, Robert I (pubmed.gov, 2011-09-06)
    Objective. To determine population-based stillbirth rates and to determine whether the timing and maturity of the stillbirths suggest a high proportion of potentially preventable deaths. Design. Prospective observational ...
  • First look: a cluster-randomized trial of ultrasound to improve pregnancy outcomes in low income country settings 
    Esamai, Fabian; Garces, Ana; Saleem, Sarah; O Nathan, Robert (BioMed Central, 2014-12)
    Background: In high-resource settings, obstetric ultrasound is a standard component of prenatal care used to identify pregnancy complications and to establish an accurate gestational age in order to improve obstetric care. ...
  • Global network for women’s and children’s health research: a system for low-resource areas to determine probable causes of stillbirth, neonatal, and maternal death 
    Bose, Carl L.; Garces, Ana; Esamai, Fabian; Goudar, Shivaprasad S.; Patel, Archana; McClure, Elizabeth M.; Chomba, Elwyn; Pasha, Omrana; Tshefu, Antoinette; Kodkany, Bhalchandra S.; Saleem, Sarah (Springer, 2015)
    Background: Determining cause of death is needed to develop strategies to reduce maternal death, stillbirth, and newborn death, especially for low-resource settings where 98% of deaths occur. Most existing classification ...
  • Home birth attendants in low income countries: who are they and what do they do? 
    Garces, Ana; McClure, Elizabeth M; Chomba, Elwyn; Patel, Archana; Pasha, Omrana; Tshefu, Antoinette; Esamai, Fabian; Goudar, Shivaprasad; Lokangaka, Adrien; Hambidge, K Michael; Wright, Linda L; Koso-Thomas, Marion; Bose, Carl; Carlo, Waldemar A; Liechty, Edward A; Hibberd, Patricia L; Bucher, Sherri; Whitworth, Ryan; Goldenberg, Robert L (Biomed central, 2012-05-14)
    Background: Nearly half the world’s babies are born at home. We sought to evaluate the training, knowledge, skills, and access to medical equipment and testing for home birth attendants across 7 international sites. Methods: ...
  • Looking beyond the numbers: quality assurance procedures in the Global network for women’s and children’s health research maternal newborn health registry 
    Garces, Ana; MacGuire, Emily; Franklin, Holly L.; Alfaro, Norma; Arroyo, Gustavo; Figueroa, Lester; Goudar, Shivaprasad S.; Saleem, Sarah; Esamai, Fabian; Patel, Archana; Chomba, Elwyn; Tshefu, Antoinette; Haque, Rashidul; Patterson, Jacquelyn K.; Liechty, Edward A.; Derman, Richard J.; Carlo, Waldemar A.; Petri, William; Koso‑ThomasMcClure, Marion Elizabeth M.; Goldenberg, Robert L.; Hibberd, Patricia; Krebs, Nancy F. (BMC, 2020-11-30)
    Background: Quality assurance (QA) is a process that should be an integral part of research to protect the rights and safety of study participants and to reduce the likelihood that the results are affected by bias in data ...
  • Lost to follow-up among pregnant women in a multi-site community based maternal and newborn health registry: a prospective study 
    Marete, Irene; Tenge, Constance; Chemweno, Carolyne; Bucher, Sherri; Pasha, Omrana; Ramadurg, Umesh Y.; Mastiholi, Shivanand C.; Chiwila, Melody; Patel, Archana; Althabe, Fernando; Garces, Ana; Moore, Janet L.; Esamai, Fabian (Springer, 2015)
    Background: It is important when conducting epidemiologic studies to closely monitor lost to follow up (LTFU) rates. A high LTFU rate may lead to incomplete study results which in turn can introduce bias to the trial or ...
  • The maternal and newborn health registry study of the global network for women's and children's health research 
    Goudar, Shivaprasad S.; Carlo, Waldemar A; McClure, Elizabeth M; Pasha, Omrana; Patel, Archana; Esamai, Fabian; Chomba, Elwyn; Garces, Ana; Althabe, Fernando; Kodkany, Bhalachandra; Sami, Neelofar; Derman, Richard J; Hibberd, Patricia L; Liechty, Edward A; Krebs, Nancy F; Hambidge, K. Michael; Buekens, Pierre; Moore, Janet; Wallace, Dennis; Jobe, Alan H; Koso-Thomas, Marion; Wright, Linda L; Goldenberg, Robert L (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2012-05-01)
    Objective: To implement a vital statistics registry system to register pregnant women and document birth outcomes in the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research sites in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. ...
  • Maternal and newborn outcomes in Pakistan compared to other low and middle income countries in the global network’s maternalnewborn healthregistry: an active, community- based, pregnancy surveillance mechanism 
    Pasha, Omrana; Saleem, Sarah; Ali, Sumera; Goudar, Shivaprasad S; Garces, Ana; Esamai, Fabian; Patel, Archana; Chomba, Elwyn; Althabe, Fernando; Moore, Janet L; Harrison, Margo; Berrueta, Mabel B; Hambidge, K Michael; Krebs, Nancy F; Hibberd, Patricia L; Carlo, Waldemar A; Kodkany, Bhala; Derman, Richard J; Liechty, Edward A; Koso-Thomas, Marion; McClure, Elizabeth M; Goldenberg, Robert L (Biomed central, 2015-06-08)
    Background: Despite global improvements in maternal and newborn health (MNH), maternal, fetal and newborn mortality rates in Pakistan remain stagnant. Using data from the Global Network’s Maternal Newborn Health Registry ...
  • Perinatal outcomes of multiple-Gestation pregnancies in Kenya, Zambia, Pakistan, India, Guatemala, and Argentina: A Global Network Study 
    Marete, Irene; Tenge, Constance; Pasha, Omrana; Goudar, Shivaprasad; Chomba, Elwyn; Patel, Archana; Althabe, Fernando; Garces, Ana; McClure, Elizabeth M.; Saleem, Sarah; Esamai, Fabian; Kodkany, Bhala S.; Belizan, Jose M.; Derman, Richard J.; . Hibberd, Patricia L; Krebs, Nancy; Buekens, Pierre; Goldenberg, Robert L.; Carlo, Waldemar A.; Wallace, Dennis; Moore, Janet; Koso-Thomas, Marion; Wright, Linda L.; . Liechty, Edward A (Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2013-03-19)
    Aim To determine the rates of multiple gestation, stillbirth, and perinatal and neonatal mortality and to determine health care system characteristics related to perinatal mortality of these pregnancies in low- and ...
  • Polyhydramnios among women in acluster-randomized trial of ultrasoundduring prenatal care within five low andlow-middle income countries: a secondaryanalysis of the first look study 
    Bauserman, Melissa; Nathan, Robert; Lokangaka, Adrien; McClure, Elizabeth M.; Moore, Janet; Ishoso, Daniel; Tshefu, Antoinette; Figueroa, Lester; Garces, Ana; Harrison, Margo S.; Wallace, Dennis; Saleem, Sarah; Mirza, Waseem; Krebs, Nancy; Hambidge, Michael; Carlo, Waldemar; Chomba, Elwyn; Miodovnik, Menachem; Koso-Thomas, Marion; A. Liechty, Edward; Esamai, Fabian; Swanson, Jonathan; Swanson, David; Goldenberg, Robert L.; Bose, Carl (BMC, 2019)
    Background:In many low and low-middle income countries, the incidence of polyhydramnios is unknown, in part because ultrasound technology is not routinely used. Our objective was to report the incidence of polyhydramnios ...
  • Postpartum contraceptive use and unmet need for family planning in five low-income countries 
    Pasha, Omrana; Goudar, Shivaprasad S.; Patel, Archana; Garces, Ana; Esamai, Fabian; Chomba, Elwyn; Moore, Janet L.; Kodkany, Bhalchandra S.; Saleem, Sarah; Derman, Richard J.; Koso-Thomas, Marion; Goldenberg, Robert L. (Springer, 2015)
    Background: During the post-partum period, most women wish to delay or prevent future pregnancies. Despite this, the unmet need for family planning up to a year after delivery is higher than at any other time. This ...
  • A prospective study of maternal, fetal and neonatal deaths in low- and middle-income countries 
    Saleem, Sarah; McClure, Elizabeth M; Goudar, Shivaprasad S; Patel, Archana; Esamai, Fabian; Garces, Ana; Chomba, Elwyn; Althabe, Fernando; Moore, Janet; Kodkany, Bhalachandra; Pasha, Omrana; Belizan, Jose; Albert Mayansyan, Albert; Derman, Richard J; Hibberd, Patricia L; Liechty, Edward A; Krebs, Nancy F; Hambidge, K Michael; Buekens, Pierre; Carlo, Waldemar A; Wright, Linda L; Koso-Thomas, Marion; Jobep, Alan H; Goldenberg, Robert L (pubmed.gov, 2014-06-05)
    Objective To quantify maternal, fetal and neonatal mortality in low- and middle-income countries, to identify when deaths occur and to identify relationships between maternal deaths and stillbirths and neonatal deaths. Methods ...
  • Rates and risk factors for preterm birth and low birthweight in the global network sites in six low- and low middle-income countries 
    Pusdekar, Yamini V.; Patel, Archana B.; Kurhe, Kunal G.; Bhargav, Savita R.; Thorsten, Vanessa; Garces, Ana; Goldenberg, Robert L.; Goudar, Shivaprasad S.; Saleem, Sarah; Esamai, Fabian; Chomba, Elwyn; Bauserman, Melissa; Bose, Carl L.; Liechty, Edward A.; Krebs, Nancy F.; Derman, Richard J.; Carlo, Waldemar A.; Koso‑Thomas, Marion; Nolen, Tracy L.; McClure, Elizabeth M.; Hibberd, Patricia L. (BMC, 2020-12-17)
    Background: Preterm birth continues to be a major public health problem contributing to 75% of the neonatal mortality worldwide. Low birth weight (LBW) is an important but imperfect surrogate for prematurity when accurate ...
  • Risk factors for maternal death and trends in maternal mortality in low- and middle-income countries: a prospective longitudinal cohort analysis 
    Bauserman, Melissa; Lokangaka, Adrien; Thorsten, Vanessa; Tshefu, Antoinette; Goudar, Shivaprasad S.; Esamai, Fabian; Garces, Ana; Saleem, Sarah; Pasha, Omrana; Patel, Archana; Manasyan, Albert; Berrueta, Mabel (Springer, 2015)
    Background: Because large, prospective, population-based data sets describing maternal outcomes are typically not available in low- and middle-income countries, it is difficult to monitor maternal mortality rates over ...
  • Safety of daily low-dose aspirin use during pregnancy in low-income and middle-income countries 
    Short, Vanessa L; Hoffman, Matthew; Metgud, Mrityunjay; Kavi, Avinash; Goudar, Shivaprasad S; Okitawutshu, Jean; Tshefu, Antoinette; Bose, Carl L; Mwenechany, Musaku; Chomba, Elwyn; Carlo, Waldemar A; Figueroa, Lester; Garces, Ana; Krebs, Nancy F; Jessani, Saleem; Saleem, Sarah; Goldenberg, Robert L; Kumar Das, Prabir; Patel, Archana; Hibberd, Patricia L; Achieng, Emmah; Nyongesa, Paul; Esamai, Fabian; Bucher, Sherri; Nowak, Kayla J; Goco, Norman; Nolen, Tracy L; McClure, Elizabeth M; Koso-Thomas, Marion; Miodovnik, Menachem; Derman, Richard J (Elsevier, 2012-02)
    BACKGROUND: The daily use of low-dose aspirin may be a safe, widely available, and inexpensive intervention for reducing the risk of pre term birth. Data on the potential side effects of low-dose aspirin use during pregnancy ...
  • Stillbirth 2010–2018: a prospective, population-based, multi-country study from the Global Network 
    McClure, Elizabeth M; Saleem, Sarah; Goudar, Shivaprasad S; Garces, Ana; Whitworth, Ryan; Esamai, Fabian; Patel, Archana B; Tikmani, Shiyam Sunder; Mwenechanya, Musaku; Chomba, Elwyn; Lokangaka, Adrien; Bose, Carl L; Bucher, Sherri; Liechty, Edward A; Krebs, Nancy F; Kumar, S Yogesh; Derman, Richard J; Hibberd, Patricia L; Carlo, Waldemar A; Moore, Janet L; Nolen, Tracy L; Koso-Thomas, Marion; Goldenberg, Robert L (BMC, 2020-11-30)
    Background: Stillbirth rates are high and represent a substantial proportion of the under-5 mortality in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). In LMIC, where nearly 98% of stillbirths worldwide occur, few population-b ...