How should we measure maternal mortality in the developing world? A comparison of household deaths and sibling history approaches

How should we measure maternal mortality in the developing world? A comparison of household deaths and sibling history approaches

OBJECTIVE: A reduction in the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is one of six health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, there is no consensus about how to measure MMR in the many countries that do not have complete registration of deaths and accurate ascertainment of cause of death....

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Main Authors: Hill Kenneth, El Arifeen Shams, Koenig Michael, Al-Sabir Ahmed, Jamil Kanta, Raggers Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2006-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Maternal mortality
Data collection/methods
Autopsy/methods
Interviews
Households
Bangladesh
Developing countries
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862006000300011

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