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Appendix A: Definitions
Pages 23-25

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... 2. Indirect obstetric morbidity results from a previously existing condition or disease, such as sickle cell disease or tuberculosis, which was aggravated by the physiologic effects of pregnancy.
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... 2. Indirect gynecologic morbidity includes primarily traditional practices, some of which are for treatment of real or perceived gynecologic conditions (such as female genital mutilation, gishiri cuts)
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... WHO defines two other specific types of maternal mortality. A late maternal death is the death of a woman from direct or indirect obstetric causes more than 42 days but less than 1 year after termination of pregnancy.
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Key Terms

  • morbidity includes
  • maternal morbidity
  • direct obstetric
  • indirect obstetric
  • traditional practices

  • events resulting
  • obstetric complications
  • gynecologic morbidity
  • morbidity results
  • maternal death

  • obstetric deaths
  • physiologic effects
  • incorrect treatment
  • obstetric causes
  • pregnant state

  • gynecologic conditions
  • secondary sterility
  • deaths resulting
  • tract infections
  • includes psychological

  • psychological disorders
  • late maternal
  • disorders associated
  • transmitted diseases
  • existing condition

  • coital injuries
  • psychological morbidity
  • genital mutilation
  • direct gynecologic
  • cervical cancer


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