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....
| Published in: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 84; no. 3; pp. 173 - 181 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article |
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World Health Organization
Mar2006
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