Maternal
61Maternal near miss — A maternal near miss (MNM) is an event in which a pregnant woman comes close to maternal death, but does not die – a near miss . Traditionally, the analysis of maternal deaths has been the criteria of choice for evaluating women’s health and the… …
62Maternal and Child Health Bureau — Contents 1 Key Facts 2 Maternal and Child Health 3 History 4 Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program …
63Maternal Health Task Force — Launched in 2008 with funding from the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) is a global project focused on improving maternal health through better coordination, communication, and facilitation between existing… …
64Maternal bond — A mother holds up her child. The maternal bond (or motherly bond) is typically the relationship between a mother and her child. While it typically occurs due to pregnancy and childbirth, it may also occur between a woman and an unrelated child,… …
65Maternal impression — This article is about the obsolete theory of inheritance. For the empirically validated genetic phenomenon, see Maternal effect. The conception of a maternal impression rests on the belief that a powerful mental (or sometimes physical) influence… …
66Maternal age effect — The maternal age effect describes the exponentially increasing risks for numerical chromosomal abnormalities among a prospective mother s gametes as she ages. This increase reflects the overall increase in the rate of nondisjunction with maternal …
67maternal school — ▪ education French École Maternelle a French (France) school for children between two and six years old. Private schools for young children were founded in France around 1779, under the influence of Jean Jacques Rousseau s Émile. The… …
68Maternal mortality in fiction — Padmé Amidala dies after delivering twins Maternal death in fiction is a common theme encountered in literature, movies, and other media. The death of a mother during pregnancy, childbirth or puerperium is a tragic event. The chances of a… …
69Maternal and Newborn Health in Ethiopia Partnership — The Maternal and Newborn Health in Ethiopia Partnership (MaNHEP), based at Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, is a two and a half year initiative to demonstrate a community oriented model for improving maternal and… …
70maternal inheritance — Inheritance through the maternal cell line, eg. through the oocyte and eggs. Mitochondrial genes are maternally inherited and various other non Mendelian forms of inheritance may also appear as maternal inheritance …
