Estimates of the maternal mortality ratio in two districts of the Brong-Ahafo region, Ghana

• Hoofdauteurs: Smith Jason B. (Auteur), Fortney Judith A. (Auteur), Wong Emelita (Auteur), Amatya Ramesh (Auteur), Coleman Nii A. (Auteur), Johnson Joseph de Graft (Auteur)
• Formaat: Boek
• Gepubliceerd in: The World Health Organization, 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) by the sisterhood method in two districts of the Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana, and to determine the impact of different assumptions and analytical decisions on these estimates. METHODS: Indirect estimates of the MMR were calculated from data c...