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Prevention of Maternal Death in a Nigerian Village
Author(s) -
Hartfield V. J.,
Woodland M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/j.1879-3479.1980.tb00268.x
Subject(s) - medicine , typhoid fever , maternal death , mortality rate , eclampsia , pregnancy , obstetrics , dysentery , tuberculosis , environmental health , maternal mortality rate , hepatitis , demography , pediatrics , population , surgery , immunology , health services , virology , pathology , sociology , biology , genetics
In a Nigerian village, the expected maternal mortality would be between 6 and 12 per 1000 live births, the most common causes of maternal death being obstructed labor, hemorrhage and eclampsia. Yet, over an 8½‐year period, when 2324 births occurred, the rate was 1.72 per 1000, of which 0.43 were due to obstetric complications. The four deaths were associated, respectively, with typhoid fever, tuberculosis and typhoid fever, infectious hepatitis and postpartum hemorrhage with dysentery. Using the experience gained in the village, recommendations are made for reducing maternal mortality in rural areas.