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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825648703321

Autore

Abou Zahr Carla

Titolo

Maternal mortality in 2000 : estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA / / [prepared by Carla AbouZahr and Tessa Wardlaw on the basis of a technical paper originally developed by Kenneth Hill and Yoonjoung Choi]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : Dept. of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, c2004

ISBN

1-280-14132-8

9786610141326

1-4175-7761-4

92-4-068094-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (38 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WardlawTessa M

HillKen <1945->

ChoiYoonjoung

Disciplina

614.5/9922

614.599279

Soggetti

Mothers - Mortality

Pregnant women - Mortality

Childbirth

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-30).

Nota di contenuto

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

Differences between 2000 estimates and nationally reported dataComparing 2000 estimates with those for 1990 and 1995; What can the 2000 estimates be used for;



Sommario/riassunto

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 available and it is difficult to compare the data obtained from different sources and to assess the overall magnitude of the problem. In response to these challenges, WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA have developed an approach that seeks both to generate estimates for countries with no data and to correct available