Easier said than done!: Methodological challenges with conducting maternal death review research in Malawi

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Combs Thorsen, Viva ^a   Sundby, Johanne ^a   Meguid, Tarek ^b   Malata, Address ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Malawi; Maternal death audit; Maternal death review; Maternal mortality; Surveillance cycle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALAWI; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897599159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-14-29     Document Type: Article

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