A prospective key informant surveillance system to measure maternal mortality - findings from indigenous populations in Jharkhand and Orissa, India

• Main Authors: Rath Suchitra (Author), Tripathy Prasanta (Author), Borghi Jo (Author), Nair Nirmala (Author), Barnett Sarah (Author), Costello Anthony (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In places with poor vital registration, measurement of maternal mortality and monitoring the impact of interventions on maternal mortality is difficult and seldom undertaken. Mortality ratios are often estimated and policy decisions...