BACKGROUND Data on cause-specific mortality, skilled birth attendance, and emergency obstetric care access are essential to plan maternity services. We present the distribution of India's 2001-2003 maternal mortality by cause and uptake of emergency obstetric care, in poorer and richer states. METHODS AND FINDINGS The Registrar General of India surveyed all deaths occurring in 2001-2003 in 1....

582 www.thelancet.com Vol 389 February 11, 2017 Being pregnant in the UK has never been safer. The latest Confi dential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity reported that fewer than one in 10 000 women died in or around pregnancy in the UK during 2012–14 (241 women within the triennium), the lowest rate recorded since such surveillance began in 1952 in England and Wales. This maternal m...

BACKGROUND Eclampsia is a very serious complication of pregnancy which is responsible for high maternal and perinatal mortality. Worldwide, it accounts for 50,000 maternal deaths annually. In spite of several global and regional interventions and initiatives from governments and other concerned agencies, maternal mortality is still very high in India, with eclampsia as a major cause. This study...

More than 550,000 women die yearly from pregnancy-related causes. Fifty percent (50%) of the world estimate of maternal deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa alone. There is insufficient information on the risk factors of maternal mortality in Cameroon. This study aimed at establishing causes and risk factors of maternal mortality. This was a case-control study from 1st January, 2006 to 31st Decem...

Maternal mortality remains a major challenge in Nigeria. This retrospective study was conceptualized to document the number and pattern of obstetric deaths at the Central Hospital, Benin City, over a ten year period, to identify common causes of maternal deaths and proffer relevant interventions. The overall maternal mortality ratio (MMR) was 518/100,000. MMR was 30 times higher in unbooked as ...

OBJECTIVES To study the maternal mortality and the complications leading to maternal death. METHODS A retrospective study of hospital records and death summaries of all maternal deaths over the period from January 2000 to August 2009 was carried out. RESULTS There were a total of 80 maternal deaths out of 88,443 live births giving maternal mortality rate (MMR) of 90.45 per 100,000 live birt...

The study explored cultural beliefs and practices contributing to maternal deaths together with maternal deaths reviews as testimonial. Six maternal deaths were retrospectively observed in rural southwest Ethiopia. Four of the 6 deaths occurred due to direct obstetric causes. Substandard primary and referral care, not understanding the severity of the problem, and lack of transport were the maj...

BACKGROUND Bangladesh has about 5.7 million people living in urban slums that are characterized by adverse living conditions, poor access to healthcare services and health outcomes. In an attempt to ensure safe maternal, neonatal and child health services in the slums BRAC started a programme, MANOSHI, in 2007. This paper reports the causes of maternal and neonatal deaths in slums and discusses...

BACKGROUND Maternal mortality remains a major public health challenge, not only at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, but in the developing world in general. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess trends in maternal mortality in a tertiary health facility, the maternal mortality ratio, the impact of sociodemographic factors in the deaths, and common medical and social c...

OBJECTIVE To obtain more accurate calculations of maternal and pregnancy-related mortality ratios in Sweden from 1988 to 2007 by using information from national registers and death certificates. DESIGN A national register-based study, supplemented by a review of death certificates. SETTING Sweden, 1988-2007. POPULATION The deaths of 27 957 women of reproductive age (15-49 years). METHOD...