{
    "abstract": "Maternal mortality involves a complex mixture of clinical, infrastructural and social issues and will require a multifaceted approach if we are to see meaningful reductions occur. That includes thoughtful attention to appropriate technologies for low-resource countries. An international group of specialists meeting in Bellagio, Italy, in 2003 identified important needs and opportunities related to new and underutilized technologies to reduce pregnancy-related mortality. Research to fill in critical information gaps was a recurrent theme. Research, whether it is for product development, for building the evidence base about effectiveness and safety or for helping refine introduction strategies and guide practice, plays a critical role in the development and widespread use of technologies. Priority research needs related to the five major causes of maternal mortality-haemorrhage, puerperal sepsis, unsafe abortion, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia and obstructed labour-have been identified. Appropriate collaborations of investigators and other stakeholders and adequate financial resources are urgently needed to move the research agenda forward.",
    "authors": [
        {
            "affiliation": "PATH, Seattle, WA, USA.",
            "firstname": "Vivien Davis",
            "initials": "VD",
            "lastname": "Tsu"
        }
    ],
    "conclusions": null,
    "copyrights": null,
    "doi": "10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00715.x",
    "journal": "BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology",
    "keywords": [],
    "methods": null,
    "publication_date": "2005-08-17",
    "pubmed_id": "16101598",
    "results": null,
    "title": "Appropriate technology to prevent maternal mortality: current research requirements.",
    "xml": "<Element 'PubmedArticle' at 0x788502378040>"
}