How should we measure maternal mortality in the developing world? A comparison of household deaths and sibling history approaches.

OBJECTIVE: A reduction in the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is one of six health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, there is no consensus about how to measure MMR in the many countries that do not have complete registration of deaths and accurate ascertainment of cause of death....

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Publicado en:Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 84; no. 3; pp. 173 - 181
Autores principales: Hill K, ElArifeen S, Koenig M, Al-Sabir A, Jamil K, Raggers H
Formato: equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: World Health Organization Mar2006
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