Maternal mortality in 2ooo.

Reduction of maternal mortality is one of the major goals of several recent international conferences and has been included in the Millennium Development Goals. However, measuring maternal mortality is difficult and complex. Reliable estimates of the dimensions of the problem are not generally avail...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: World Health Organization
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : World Health Org, 2004.
Temas:
Mothers > Mortality.
Mothers > Mortality > Statistics.
Pregnant women > Mortality.
Pregnant women > Mortality > Statistics.
Childbirth.
Maternal Mortality
Mères > Mortalité.
Mères > Mortalité > Statistiques.
Femmes enceintes > Mortalité.
Femmes enceintes > Mortalité > Statistiques.
Childbirth
Mothers > Mortality
Statistics
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminaries; Contents; Executive summary; Introduction; Background; Maternal mortality The measurement challenge; Definitions and measures of maternal mortality; Why maternal mortality is difficult to measure; Approaches for measuring maternal mortality; The development of 2000 estimates of maternal mortality; Process for developing the 2000 estimates; Sources of country data used for the 2000 estimates; Differences between the 2000 methodology compared with 1995; Analysis and interpretation of 2000 estimates; Maternal mortality estimates for 2000.

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