Journal article
Pregnancy-related mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance System sites
Global health action, v 7(1), pp 25368-25368
01 Jan 2014
PMID: 25377328
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Abstract
Women continue to die in unacceptably large numbers around the world as a result of pregnancy, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Part of the problem is a lack of accurate, population-based information characterising the issues and informing solutions. Population surveillance sites, such as those operated within the INDEPTH Network, have the potential to contribute to bridging the information gaps.
To describe patterns of pregnancy-related mortality at INDEPTH Network Health and Demographic Surveillance System sites in sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia in terms of maternal mortality ratio (MMR) and cause-specific mortality rates.
Data on individual deaths among women of reproductive age (WRA) (15-49) resident in INDEPTH sites were collated into a standardised database using the INDEPTH 2013 population standard, the WHO 2012 verbal autopsy (VA) standard, and the InterVA model for assigning cause of death.
These analyses are based on reports from 14 INDEPTH sites, covering 14,198 deaths among WRA over 2,595,605 person-years observed. MMRs varied between 128 and 461 per 100,000 live births, while maternal mortality rates ranged from 0.11 to 0.74 per 1,000 person-years. Detailed rates per cause are tabulated, including analyses of direct maternal, indirect maternal, and incidental pregnancy-related deaths across the 14 sites.
As expected, these findings confirmed unacceptably high continuing levels of maternal mortality. However, they also demonstrate the effectiveness of INDEPTH sites and of the VA methods applied to arrive at measurements of maternal mortality that are essential for planning effective solutions and monitoring programmatic impacts.
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- Title
- Pregnancy-related mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance System sites
- Creators
- P. Kim Streatfield - International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease ResearchNurul Alam - Indepth NetworkYacouba Compaoré - Indepth NetworkClementine Rossier - Institut Superieur Des Sciences De La PopulationAbdramane B. Soura - Indepth NetworkBassirou Bonfoh - Indepth NetworkFabienne Jaeger - Indepth NetworkEliezer K. Ngoran - Université Félix Houphoët-BoignyJuerg Utzinger - Indepth NetworkPierre Gomez - Indepth NetworkMomodou Jasseh - Indepth NetworkAkosua Ansah - Indepth NetworkCornelius Debpuur - Navrongo Health Research CentreAbraham Oduro - Indepth NetworkJohn Williams - Indepth NetworkSheila Addei - Indepth NetworkMargaret Gyapong - Indepth NetworkVida A. Kukula - Indepth NetworkEvasius Bauni - Indepth NetworkGeorge Mochamah - Indepth NetworkCarolyne Ndila - Moving the GoalPostsThomas N. Williams - Indepth NetworkMeghna Desai - Indepth NetworkHellen Moige - Indepth NetworkFrank O. Odhiambo - Indepth NetworkSheila Ogwang - Indepth NetworkDonatien Beguy - African Population and Health Research CenterAlex Ezeh - Indepth NetworkSamuel Oti - Indepth NetworkMenard Chihana - Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research UnitAmelia Crampin - Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research UnitAlison Price - London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineValérie Delaunay - Indepth NetworkAldiouma Diallo - Indepth NetworkLaetitia Douillot - Indepth NetworkCheikh Sokhna - Indepth NetworkMark A. Collinson - Indepth NetworkKathleen Kahn - Indepth NetworkStephen M. Tollman - Umeå UniversityKobus Herbst - Indepth NetworkJoël Mossong - Indepth NetworkJacques B.O. Emina - Indepth NetworkOsman A. Sankoh - University of the WitwatersrandPeter Byass - University of the Witwatersrand
- Publication Details
- Global health action, v 7(1), pp 25368-25368
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000209735100001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84921628883
- Other Identifier
- 991020531859404721
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