Trends in Maternal Mortality, 1990 to 2008

Download or read book Trends in Maternal Mortality, 1990 to 2008 written by Doris Chou and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents the global, regional, and country estimates of maternal mortality in 2008, and the findings of the assessment of trends of maternal mortality levels since 1990. It summarizes the challenges involved in measuring maternal mortality and the main approaches to measurement, and explains the methodology of the 2008 maternal mortality estimates. The final section discusses the use and limitations of the estimates, with an emphasis on the importance of improved data quality for estimating maternal mortality. The appendices present the sources of data for the country estimates as well as Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) estimates for the different regional groupings for World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the World Bank, and United Nations Population Division (UNPD).