National maternal mortality ratio in Egypt halved between 1992-93 and 2000

• Main Authors: Oona Campbell (Author), Reginald Gipson (Author), Adel Hakim Issa (Author), Nahed Matta (Author), Bothina El Deeb (Author), Ayman El Mohandes (Author), Anna Alwen (Author), Esmat Mansour (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2005-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Two surveys of maternal mortality conducted in Egypt, in 1992-93 and in 2000, collected data from a representative sample of health bureaus covering all of Egypt, except for five frontier governorates which were covered only by the later survey, using the vital registration forms. The numbers of mat...