Background: Recent reports suggest that the burden of maternal mortality remains heavy in
Sub-Saharan Africa; and that the fifth millennium development goal might not be achieved …

Background: Maternal mortality is on the rise in Nigeria with the North-East having the
highest ratio, and Borno state records one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the …

Background: Maternal mortality ratios (MMR) are still unacceptably high in many low-and
middle-income countries especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Background Data for the causes …

Objective: To analyse and document our experiences with maternal mortality with the view of
finding the trends over the last seven years, common causes and attributing socio …

Background Maternal mortality remains a major public health challenge, not only at the
University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, but in the developing world in general. Objective …

Abstract Background and Objective: Maternal mortality is increasing despite all global efforts
to reverse the trend. In our environment, most studies were based on only a single health …

PIP: A review of maternal mortality at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH)
Enugu between January 1976 and December 1985 has been made. Deaths up to 6 weeks …

Method This is a retrospective review of all maternal deaths in a mission hospital in rural
Ebonyi State, Nigeria, from January 1990 to December 2004. Data was analysed using the …

Introduction: Nigeria has the second highest number of maternal deaths in the world. The
study aimed at determining the causes of and non-obstetric contributors to maternal mortality …

Maternal mortality is an index of the standard of antenatal care in a given environment. In
developed countries the level of antenatal care has risen to an extent that maternal mortality …