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SUBMITTER: Beltman JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3191428 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beltman Jogchum Jan JJ van den Akker Thomas T Lam Eva E Moens Mieke M Kazima Julie J Massaquoi Moses M van Roosmalen Jos J
BMJ open 20110505 1
Objective To evaluate progress made at district level in Malawi towards reaching the 5th Millennium Development Goal, the reduction of maternal mortality. Methods In 2006, community-based maternal mortality in Thyolo, Malawi was calculated by applying the 'sisterhood method', a survey that relies on participants responding to basic questions about maternal mortality in their families. Results were compared with a 1989 sisterhood study in the same district. Information on facility-based maternal ...[more]