Improving the measurement of maternal mortality: the sisterhood method revisited.

BACKGROUND: Over the past several decades the efforts to improve maternal survival and the consequent demand for accurate estimates of maternal mortality have increased. However, measuring maternal mortality remains a difficult task especially in developing countries with weak information systems. S...

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Main Authors: Leena Merdad, Kenneth Hill, Wendy Graham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3614991?pdf=render