Professional assistance during birth and maternal mortality in two Indonesian districts

• Main Authors: C Ronsmans (Author), S Scott (Author), SN Qomariyah (Author), E Achadi (Author), D Braunholtz (Author), T Marshall (Author), E Pambudi (Author), KH Witten (Author), WJ Graham (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To examine determinants of maternal mortality and assess the effect of programmes aimed at increasing the number of births attended by health professionals in two districts in West Java, Indonesia. METHODS: We used informant networks to characterize all maternal deaths, and a capture-reca...