Measuring maternal near-miss in a middle-income country: assessing the use of WHO and sub-Saharan Africa maternal near-miss criteria in Namibia

• Main Authors: Steffie Heemelaar (Author), Leonard Kabongo (Author), Taati Ithindi (Author), Christian Luboya (Author), Fidelis Munetsi (Author), Ann-Kathrin Bauer (Author), Amelie Dammann (Author), Anna Drewes (Author), Jelle Stekelenburg (Author), Thomas van den Akker (Author), Shonag Mackenzie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Namibia, a middle-income country in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), plans to use the Maternal Near Miss (MNM) approach. Adaptations of the World Health Organization (WHO) MNM defining criteria ('WHO MNM criteria') were previously proposed for low-income settings in sub-Saharan Africa...