Using Community Informants to Estimate Maternal Mortality in a Rural District in Pakistan: A Feasibility Study

• Main Authors: Ali Mohammad Mir (Author), Mohammad Saleem Shaikh (Author), Siti Nurul Qomariyah (Author), Gul Rashida (Author), Mumraiz Khan (Author), Irfan Masood (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. We aimed to assess the feasibility of using community-based informants' networks to identify maternal deaths that were followed up through verbal autopsies (MADE-IN MADE-FOR technique) to estimate maternal mortality in a rural district in Pakistan. Methods. We used 4 community netwo...