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The outcome of labor at the University Teaching Hospital (CHU), Yaounde, Cameroon
Author(s) -
Doh A.S.,
Nasah B.T.,
KamdomMoyo J.
Publication year - 1989
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 - 10.1016/0020-7292(89)90817-5
Subject(s) - medicine , developing country , maternal mortality rate , teaching hospital , unit (ring theory) , university hospital , pediatrics , retrospective cohort study , mortality rate , family medicine , population , environmental health , economic growth , health services , surgery , economics , mathematics education , mathematics
The University Teaching Hospital, Yaounde, Cameroon became operational in 1982. This retrospective study analyses the performance of the maternity unit during the first 5 years. Data was obtained from casenotes, annual reports, delivery and operation registers. The maternal mortality rate (MMR) is one of the lowest in Africa. The perinatal mortality is low but could be improved upon. The reasons for the low MMR is discussed. It is possible to reduce the appalling MMRs of developing countries without sophisticated technologies.