"Maternal Welfare" 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.
Organized efforts by communities or organizations to improve the health and well-being of the mother.
| Descriptor ID |
D008429
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.787.678
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Maternal Welfare" by people in Profiles.
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Non-psychotic mental disorders in the perinatal period. Lancet. 2014 Nov 15; 384(9956):1775-88.
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A systematic mapping of funders of maternal health intervention research 2000-2012. Global Health. 2014 Oct 29; 10:72.
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Collecting maternal health information from HIV-positive pregnant women using mobile phone-assisted face-to-face interviews in Southern Africa. J Med Internet Res. 2013 Jun 10; 15(6):e116.
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Saving the lives of South Africa's mothers, babies, and children: can the health system deliver? Lancet. 2009 Sep 05; 374(9692):835-46.
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Intensified case finding for tuberculosis in prevention of mother-to-child transmission programs: a simple and potentially vital addition for maternal and child health. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Feb 01; 50(2):196-9.
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Every death counts: use of mortality audit data for decision making to save the lives of mothers, babies, and children in South Africa. Lancet. 2008 Apr 12; 371(9620):1294-304.
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Acceptability and utilisation of voluntary HIV testing and nevirapine to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 integrated into routine clinical care. S Afr Med J. 2004 May; 94(5):362-6.