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A pregnant woman in labour pains uses the wall as a support at a ward of the Princess Christian Maternity Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Bleeding and sepsis at childbirth are a danger to mothers: Sierra Leone study shows a simple screening tool can detect risk in time

Andrew Shennan, King's College London; Katy Kuhrt, King's College London, and Rossetta O. G. Cole, University of Sierra Leone

Early identification of abnormal heart rate and blood pressure is crucial to prevent maternal deaths from postpartum haemorrhage and maternal sepsis.

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