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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Assessment of maternal mortality in Tanzania
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Volume 101, No. 5, Year 1994
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Description
Objective To assess maternal mortality. Design Prospective community‐based survey, a sisterhood method survey and hospital data. Setting The study was performed in communities in a rural area in Northwestern Tanzania and the local district hospital. Results Four hundred and forty‐seven pregnant women in the community survey were followed up as far as six weeks after delivery; there were 2865 respondents in the sisterhood survey; the hospital study involved 7526 deliveries. Maternal morality ratios derived from the prospective community‐based survey, the sisterhood method survey and hospital data analysis were 241, 297, and 845 per 100000 live births, respectively. Conclusions Hospital data tend to overestimate maternal mortality in these communities. The sisterhood method is easier and more convenient than a prospective community‐based study. Copyright © 1994, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
Authors & Co-Authors
Walraven, Gijs E.L.
Tanzania
Sumve Designated District Hospital
Mkanje, Rashid J.B.
Tanzania
Sumve Designated District Hospital
van Roosmalen, Jos J.M.
Netherlands, Leiden
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
van Dongen, Pieter W.J.
Netherlands, Nijmegen
Radboud University Medical Center
Dolmans, Wil M.V.W.M.V.
Netherlands, Nijmegen
Radboud Universiteit
Statistics
Citations: 61
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1471-0528.1994.tb11914.x
ISSN:
14700328
e-ISSN:
14710528
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Tanzania
Participants Gender
Female