The obstinate maternal mortality ratio for Malawi: an Insult beyond the obstetrician! 'A Cri de Coeur'.

This kind of MMR is almost unbelievable and certainly unacceptable! The more developed countries have MMRs of around 10/100,000 and most countries in the region have rates of around 200/100,000!2 It is a reasonable question to ask whether an MMR as high as this is something to which the health service has actually contributed in some way. It does not seem to make evolutionary sense to have so many mothers dying, especially considering that many young children whose mothers have died are likely to die as well.