Pre‐eclampsia, eclampsia and adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes: a secondary analysis of the <scp>W</scp>orld <scp>H</scp>ealth <scp>O</scp>rganization Multicountry <scp>S</scp>urvey on <scp>M</scp>aternal and <scp>N</scp>ewborn <scp>H</scp>ealth

Abstract

The analysis of this large database provides estimates of the global distribution of the incidence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. The information on the most frequent complications related to pre-eclampsia and eclampsia could be of interest to inform policies for health systems organisation.