High maternal mortality in rural south-west Ethiopia: Estimate by using the sisterhood method

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Yaya, Yaliso ^a,b   Lindtjørn, Bernt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Arba Minch College of Health Sciences   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Bonke; Ethiopia; Gamo Gofa; High maternal mortality; Maternal mortality; Sisterhood method; Southwest Ethiopia; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SISTERHOOD METHOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SIBLINGS; VITAL STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869873727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-136     Document Type: Article

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