Towards elimination of maternal deaths: maternal deaths surveillance and response
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Towards elimination of maternal deaths: maternal deaths surveillance and response
Current methods for estimating maternal mortality lack precision, and are not suitable for monitoring progress in the short run. In addition, national maternal mortality ratios (MMRs) alone do not provide useful information on where the greatest burden of mortality is located, who is concerned, what are the causes, and more importantly what sub-national variations occur. This paper discusses a ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Reproductive Health
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1742-4755
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-10-1