Towards elimination of maternal deaths: maternal deaths surveillance and response

• Main Authors: Hounton Sennen (Author), De Bernis Luc (Author), Hussein Julia (Author), Graham Wendy J (Author), Danel Isabella (Author), Byass Peter (Author), Mason Elizabeth M (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Current methods for estimating maternal mortality lack precision, and are not suitable for monitoring progress in the short run. In addition, national maternal mortality ratios (MMRs) alone do not provide useful information on where the greatest burden of mortali...