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dc.contributor.authorAa, Ingvillen_US
dc.contributor.authorGrove, Mari A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHaugsjå, Anita H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHinderaker, Sven Gudmunden_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-18T10:13:12Z
dc.date.available2012-01-18T10:13:12Z
dc.date.issued2011-08-03eng
dc.PublishedBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2011, 11:56en
dc.identifier.issn1471-2393
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/5451
dc.description.abstractBackground: Maternal mortality is high in Mali. Nevertheless, there are few studies on this topic from rural areas, and current estimates are mostly based on studies from urban settings. Our objective was to estimate the maternal mortality ratio in Kita, rural Mali. Methods: Using the “sisterhood method”, we interviewed participants aged 15-50 years from 20 villages in Kita, Mali, and thereby created a retrospective cohort of their sisters in reproductive age. Based on population and fertility estimates, we calculated the lifetime risk of maternal death, and from that the estimated approximate maternal mortality ratio. Results: The 2,039 respondents reported 4,628 sisters who had reached reproductive age. Of these 4,628 sisters, almost a third (1,233; 27%) had died, and 429 (9%) had died during pregnancy or childbirth. This corresponded to a lifetime risk of maternal death of 20% and a maternal mortality ratio of 3,131 per 100,000 live births (95% confidence interval 2,967-3,296), with a time reference around 1999. Conclusions: We found a very high maternal mortality in rural Mali and this highlights the urgent need for obstetric services in the remote rural areas.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherBioMed Centraleng
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/eng
dc.subjectMaternal mortalityeng
dc.subjectSisterhood methodeng
dc.titleHigh maternal mortality estimated by the sisterhood method in a rural area of Malien_US
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2011 Aa et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-11-56
dc.identifier.cristin877199
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine, Social medicine: 801eng


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