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

• Hauptverfasser: Kenneth Hill (Verfasst von), Shams El Arifeen (Verfasst von), Michael Koenig (Verfasst von), Ahmed Al-Sabir (Verfasst von), Kanta Jamil (Verfasst von), Han Raggers (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: The World Health Organization.
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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....