Background Out of 358000 maternal deaths that occurred globally in 2008, 57.8% occurred
in continental Africa. Africa had a maternal mortality ratio of 590 compared to 14 in …

Background The efforts and commitments to accelerate progress towards the Millennium
Development Goals for maternal and newborn health (MDGs 4 and 5) in low and middle …

Background Targeted global efforts to improve survival of young adults need information on
mortality trends; contributions from health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) are …

Background The recently published WHO guidelines on applications of ICD-10 to deaths
during pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (ICD-MM) aimed at enabling a …

General aims: The main purpose of the present studies was to examine the problem of
maternal and perinatal mortality in an upcountry region of a low-income country. This was …

Background Reviews of perinatal deaths are mostly facility based. Given the number of
women who, globally, deliver outside of facilities, this data may be biased against total …

Background Perinatal mortality is known to be high in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some women
may carry a particularly high risk which would be reflected in a high recurrence risk. We aim …

OBJECTIVE: To assess associations between maternal mortality and severe morbidity and
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, uptake of antiretroviral therapy, obstetric …

Background Improving maternal health is one of the eight millennium development goals
adopted at the millennium summit in the year 2000. Within this frame work, the international …

Background The global maternal mortality ratio is estimated at 211/100 000 live births in
2017. In Kenya, progress on reducing maternal mortality appears to be slow and persistently …