Open AccessMaternal deaths in a tertiary health care centre of Odisha: An in-depth study supplemented by verbal autopsy
Author(s) -
Biswajit Paul,
Bijeeyani Mohapatra,
Krishna Kar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.86523
Subject(s) - verbal autopsy , medicine , maternal death , malaria , pregnancy , pediatrics , health care , health facility , anemia , cause of death , environmental health , obstetrics , family medicine , health services , disease , population , psychiatry , pathology , biology , economics , immunology , genetics , economic growth
Maternal mortality is a reflection of the care given to women by its society. It is tragic that deaths occur during the natural process of child birth and most of them are preventable.