Maternal mortality is one of the important indicators used for the measurement of maternal
health. Although maternal mortality ratio remains high, maternal deaths in absolute numbers …

Background: Maternal mortality traditionally has been the indicator of maternal health all
over the world. More recently review of the cases with near miss obstetric events has been …

Background MMR has always been recognized as an important indicator of quality of health
services. The MMR in India has so far not reached up to the required MDG 2015. If we look …

Obstetric near-miss (ONM) describes a situation of lethal complication during pregnancy,
labor or puerperium in which the woman survives either because of medical care or just by …

Please cite this paper as: Tunçalp Ö, Hindin MJ, Souza JP, Chou D, Say L. The prevalence
of maternal near miss: a systematic review. BJOG 2012; 119: 653–661. Background Severe …

Background: According to millennium development goals (MDG) in 2015, the goal number
five was to improve the maternal health is falling way below our target. Our aim in reducing …

Background The maternal near-miss concept has been developed as an instrument for
assisting health systems to evaluate and improve their quality of care. Our study aimed at …

Background Falling numbers of maternal deaths have stimulated an interest in investigating
cases of life threatening obstetric morbidity or near miss. The purpose of this study was to …

Objectives.(1) To determine the frequency of maternal near miss, maternal near miss
incidence ratio (MNMR), maternal near miss to mortality ratio and mortality index.(2) To …

Background Investigation of maternal near-miss is a useful complement to the investigation
of maternal mortality with the aim of meeting the United Nations' fifth Millennium …