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

• Main Authors: Smith Jason B. (Author), Fortney Judith A. (Author), Wong Emelita (Author), Amatya Ramesh (Author), Coleman Nii A. (Author), Johnson Joseph de Graft (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...