High maternal mortality in Jigawa State, Northern Nigeria estimated using the sisterhood method

• Main Authors: Vandana Sharma (Author), Willa Brown (Author), Muhammad Abdullahi Kainuwa (Author), Jessica Leight (Author), Martina Bjorkman Nyqvist (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Maternal mortality is extremely high in Nigeria. Accurate estimation of maternal mortality is challenging in low-income settings such as Nigeria where vital registration is incomplete. The objective of this study was to estimate the lifetime risk (LTR) of maternal death and the m...