Pregnancy-related mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance System sites

• Main Authors: P. Kim Streatfield (Author), Nurul Alam (Author), Yacouba Compaoré (Author), Clementine Rossier (Author), Abdramane B. Soura (Author), Bassirou Bonfoh (Author), Fabienne Jaeger (Author), Eliezer K. Ngoran (Author), Juerg Utzinger (Author), Pierre Gomez (Author), Momodou Jasseh (Author), Akosua Ansah (Author), Cornelius Debpuur (Author), Abraham Oduro (Author), John Williams (Author), Sheila Addei (Author), Margaret Gyapong (Author), Vida A. Kukula (Author), Evasius Bauni (Author), George Mochamah (Author), Carolyne Ndila (Author), Thomas N. Williams (Author), Meghna Desai (Author), Hellen Moige (Author), Frank O. Odhiambo (Author), Sheila Ogwang (Author), Donatien Beguy (Author), Alex Ezeh (Author), Samuel Oti (Author), Menard Chihana (Author), Amelia Crampin (Author), Alison Price (Author), Valérie Delaunay (Author), Aldiouma Diallo (Author), Laetitia Douillot (Author), Cheikh Sokhna (Author), Mark A. Collinson (Author), Kathleen Kahn (Author), Stephen M. Tollman (Author), Kobus Herbst (Author), Joël Mossong (Author), Jacques B.O. Emina (Author), Osman A. Sankoh (Author), Peter Byass (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Women continue to die in unacceptably large numbers around the world as a result of pregnancy, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Part of the problem is a lack of accurate, population-based information characterising the issues and informing solutions. Population surveillance s...