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

• मुख्य लेखकों: Kenneth Hill (लेखक), Shams El Arifeen (लेखक), Michael Koenig (लेखक), Ahmed Al-Sabir (लेखक), Kanta Jamil (लेखक), Han Raggers (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: The World Health Organization.
• विषय: article
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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....