Measuring maternal mortality: a systematic review of methods used to obtain estimates of the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in low- and middle-income countries
| Autor: | Terry Kana, Nynke van den Broek, Florence Mgawadere |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Developing country Global Health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health facility maternal mortality ratio Pregnancy Risk Factors Environmental health Global health Humans low- and middle-income countries 030212 general & internal medicine wq_200 Developing Countries wq_240 Invited Review 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine RAMOS General Medicine Census Health Surveys Geography Standardized mortality ratio Maternal Mortality Low and middle income countries Population Surveillance Income wq_330 Female Implementation research Civil registration Corrigendum measuring |
| Zdroj: | British Medical Bulletin |
| ISSN: | 0007-1420 |
| Popis: | Background\ud \ud The new global target for maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is a ratio below 70 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births by 2030. We undertook a systematic review of methods used to measure MMR in low- and middle-income countries.\ud \ud Sources of data\ud \ud Systematic review of the literature; 59 studies included.\ud \ud Areas of agreement\ud \ud Civil registration (5 studies), census (5) and surveys (16), Reproductive Age Mortality Studies (RAMOS) (4) and the sisterhood methods (11) have been used to measure MMR in a variety of settings.\ud \ud Areas of controversy\ud \ud Middle-income countries have used civil registration data for estimating MMR but it has been a challenge to obtain reliable data from low-income countries with many only using health facility data (18 studies).\ud \ud Growing points and areas for further research\ud \ud Based on the strengths and feasibility of application, RAMOS may provide reliable and contemporaneous estimates of MMR while civil registration systems are being introduced. It will be important to build capacity for this and ensure implementation research to understand what works where and how. |
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