Improving maternal mortality reporting at the community level with a 4-question modified reproductive age mortality survey (RAMOS)

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-32

  Geynisman, Julia ^a   Latimer, Andrew ^a   Ofosu, Anthony ^b   Anderson, Frank W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ghana; International health; Maternal mortality; Reproductive age mortality survey (RAMOS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE AGE MORTALITY SURVEY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

EID: 79957644401     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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