Trends and causes of maternal mortality in Ethiopia during 1990-2013: Findings from the Global Burden of Diseases study 2013

BMC Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Tessema, Gizachew Assefa ^a,b   Laurence, Caroline O ^b   Melaku, Yohannes Adama ^b,c   Misganaw, Awoke ^d   Woldie, Sintayehu A ^e   Hiruye, Abiye ^e   Amare, Azmeraw T ^b,f,g   Lakew, Yihunie ^h   Zeleke, Berihun M ^a   Deribew, Amare ^i,j,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^f BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^h Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Inistitute   (Ethiopia)

ⁱ Wellcome Trust/KEMRI Collaborative Programme   (Kenya)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k ST PAUL S HOSPITAL MILLENNIUM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Ethiopia)

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Author keywords

Ethiopia; Global Burden of Diseases; Maternal mortality; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011264041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4071-8     Document Type: Review

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