Maternal mortality ratio for Bangladesh – Authors' reply

The key piece of information that is missing for Bangladesh is a fully satisfactory estimate of the overall level of adult female mortality; the justification in the survey report is the similarity of the overall rates to those reported for the Matlab Health and Demographic Surveillance System, but...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2008, Vol.371 (9615), p.811-812
Main Authors: Hill, Kenneth, Thomas, Kevin, AbouZahr, Carla, Say, Lale
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Census of Population
Health services
Internal Medicine
Mortality
Polls & surveys
Pregnancy
Reproductive health
Studies
Surveillance
Women
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Summary:The key piece of information that is missing for Bangladesh is a fully satisfactory estimate of the overall level of adult female mortality; the justification in the survey report is the similarity of the overall rates to those reported for the Matlab Health and Demographic Surveillance System, but this system cannot be regarded as nationally representative.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60376-1