Title: High maternal mortality in a rural south-west Ethiopia : estimate by using the sisterhood method

Authors: Lindtjّrn, Bernt

Place: [London]

Publisher: BioMed central

Year: 2012

Journal: BMC Pregnancy and childbirth

Volume: vol. 12, no. 136

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Subject: Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Keywords: rural population, maternal welfare, maternal mortality, ethiopia

Abstract: The indirect sisterhood method represents an alternative in places where there is high fertility and mortality rates. The objective of the current study was to estimate maternal mortality indices using the sisterhood method in a rural district in southwest Ethiopia.

URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2393-12-136.pdf

Document type: E-article