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Quality of registration of maternal deaths in Mozambique: a community-based study in rural and urban areas

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  • Songane, Francisco Ferreira
  • Bergström, Staffan

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Maternal mortality is an important indicator used to assess the level of development of a country and particularly the coverage of health services. In Africa where the maternal mortality ratios are about 100 times higher than those of developed countries the situation is even worse due to problems of underregistration. In Mozambique the figures officially used are derived from the data of some hospitals in the main cities. This leaves out the 60% of pregnant women who do not attend health facilities. It was against this background that the present study was designed to be a prospective community-based study carried out in the central region of Mozambique involving a population of 207,369 inhabitants. The study covered a 12-month period, from 01/08/96 to 31/07/97 and found 214 deaths among women in reproductive age (15-49Â yr) of whom 40 were classified as maternal deaths. Gross underregistration was revealed, as the health institutions failed by 86% in recording maternal deaths, the same happening with other official sources, like the Civil Register and the Funeral Services registering only 9% of the maternal deaths. This kind of study is however complex and labour intensive and a practical way of monitoring has to be found; for the region where the study took place close collaboration with private cemeteries appears to be a way to be further explored.

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  • Songane, Francisco Ferreira & Bergström, Staffan, 2002. "Quality of registration of maternal deaths in Mozambique: a community-based study in rural and urban areas," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 54(1), pages 23-31, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:54:y:2002:i:1:p:23-31
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    1. Osvaldo Loquiha & Niel Hens & Leonardo Chavane & Marleen Temmerman & Nafissa Osman & Christel Faes & Marc Aerts, 2018. "Mapping maternal mortality rate via spatial zero-inflated models for count data: A case study of facility-based maternal deaths from Mozambique," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(11), pages 1-21, November.
    2. Mitchell, Ellen M.H. & Kwizera, Amata & Usta, Momade & Gebreselassie, Hailemichael, 2010. "Choosing early pregnancy termination methods in Urban Mozambique," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 71(1), pages 62-70, July.
    3. Reid, Alice & Garrett, Eilidh, 2018. "Medical provision and urban-rural differences in maternal mortality in late nineteenth century Scotland," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 201(C), pages 35-43.

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