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 …

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 in sub. Saharan Africa has remained high and this is a
reflection of the poor quality of maternal services. Aim: To determine the causes, trends, and …

Despite recent focus on maternal mortality in Nigeria, its rates remain unacceptably high in
Nigeria. A retrospective case-control study was carried out at Adeoyo Maternity Hospital …

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 …

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 …

Background Nigeria has one of the worst global maternal mortality ratios (MMR). Institutional
audit is invaluable in providing useful information for formulating preventive interventions …

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 …

Objective: To have a 5-year review of the maternal mortality ratio in the largest centrally
located Mission hospital in Benin City where a large proportion of women deliver yearly …

The study was designed to determine the maternal mortality ratio at the Jos University
teaching Hospital and ascertain the causes of maternal death. Methods: This was a …