Two decades of Iranian midwives' activities as a health care provider under supervision in a multidisciplinary team in reducing maternal mortality

Abstract Iran is amongst the countries that have achieved the fifth goal of the United Nations Millennium Development Goal. The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in Iran has declined from 48 cases per 100,000 in 2000 to 16 cases per 100,000 in 2017, showing an annual decline rate of about 6.3%. In the...

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Main Authors:	Mojgan Mirghafourvand, Shahla Khosravi, Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Azam Mohammadi, Parvin Abedi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2021-02-01
Series:	Reproductive Health
Subjects:	Iranian midwives Maternal mortality Health care provider
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01100-3

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spelling	doaj-0579c34c559e4fbe8f14e7fd92f704532021-02-14T12:18:42ZengBMCReproductive Health1742-47552021-02-011811310.1186/s12978-021-01100-3Two decades of Iranian midwives' activities as a health care provider under supervision in a multidisciplinary team in reducing maternal mortalityMojgan Mirghafourvand0Shahla Khosravi1Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi2Azam Mohammadi3Parvin Abedi4Department of Midwifery, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical SciencesDepartment of Community Medicine, Faculty Member of Medicine School, Tehran University of Medical SciencesHealth Management Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical SciencesTehran University of Medical SciencesMenopause Andropause Research Center, Midwifery Department, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical SciencesAbstract Iran is amongst the countries that have achieved the fifth goal of the United Nations Millennium Development Goal. The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in Iran has declined from 48 cases per 100,000 in 2000 to 16 cases per 100,000 in 2017, showing an annual decline rate of about 6.3%. In the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife (year 2020), this commentary highlights two decades of Iranian midwives' activities as a health care provider under supervision in a multidisciplinary team in reducing maternal mortality.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01100-3Iranian midwivesMaternal mortalityHealth care provider
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spellingShingle	Mojgan Mirghafourvand Shahla Khosravi Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi Azam Mohammadi Parvin Abedi Two decades of Iranian midwives' activities as a health care provider under supervision in a multidisciplinary team in reducing maternal mortality Reproductive Health Iranian midwives Maternal mortality Health care provider
author_facet	Mojgan Mirghafourvand Shahla Khosravi Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi Azam Mohammadi Parvin Abedi
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title	Two decades of Iranian midwives' activities as a health care provider under supervision in a multidisciplinary team in reducing maternal mortality
title_short	Two decades of Iranian midwives' activities as a health care provider under supervision in a multidisciplinary team in reducing maternal mortality
title_full	Two decades of Iranian midwives' activities as a health care provider under supervision in a multidisciplinary team in reducing maternal mortality
title_fullStr	Two decades of Iranian midwives' activities as a health care provider under supervision in a multidisciplinary team in reducing maternal mortality
title_full_unstemmed	Two decades of Iranian midwives' activities as a health care provider under supervision in a multidisciplinary team in reducing maternal mortality
title_sort	two decades of iranian midwives' activities as a health care provider under supervision in a multidisciplinary team in reducing maternal mortality
publisher	BMC
series	Reproductive Health
issn	1742-4755
publishDate	2021-02-01
description	Abstract Iran is amongst the countries that have achieved the fifth goal of the United Nations Millennium Development Goal. The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in Iran has declined from 48 cases per 100,000 in 2000 to 16 cases per 100,000 in 2017, showing an annual decline rate of about 6.3%. In the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife (year 2020), this commentary highlights two decades of Iranian midwives' activities as a health care provider under supervision in a multidisciplinary team in reducing maternal mortality.
topic	Iranian midwives Maternal mortality Health care provider
url	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01100-3
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Two decades of Iranian midwives' activities as a health care provider under supervision in a multidisciplinary team in reducing maternal mortality

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