When Getting There is Not Enough: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study of 998 Maternal Deaths and 1451 Near-misses in Public Tertiary Hospitals in a Low-income Country. Issue 1 (March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Oladapo, O.T.; Adetoro, O.O.; Ekele, B.A.; Chama, C.; Etuk, S.J.; Aboyeji, A.P.; Onah, H.E.; Abasiattai, A.M.; Adamu, A.N.; Adegbola, O.; Adeniran, A.S.; Aimakhu, C.O.; Akinsanya, O.; Aliyu, L.D.; Ande, A.B.; Ashimi, A.; Bwala, M.; Fabamwo, A.; Geidam, A.D.; Ikechebelu, J.I.; Imaralu, J.O.; Kuti, O.; Nwachukwu, D.; Omo-Aghoja, L.; Tunau, K.; Tukur, J.; Umeora, O.; Umezulike, A.C.; Dada, O.A.; Tunçalp, Ö.; Vogel, J.P.; Gülmezoglu, A.M.;
• Other Names: collaborator.
• Is Part Of: Obstetric anesthesia digest. Volume 37:Issue 1(2017:Mar.)
• Page Start: 19
• Page End: 20
• Publication Date: 2017-03
• Subjects: Maternal Morbidity and Mortality -- Critical Care -- Obstetric Complications; Anesthesia in obstetrics -- Periodicals; Anesthesia in obstetrics -- Abstracts -- Periodicals; 617.968205
• DOI: 10.1097/01.aoa.0000512012.96214.08
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0275-665X

Abstract

Abstract : ( BJOG. 2016;123:928–938) Achieving the fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG-5) to reduce maternal mortality rates is a challenge in some low-income countries due to the lack of reliable data to evaluate progress and guide the appropriate actions. The aim of this study, the Nigeria Near-miss and Maternal Death Survey, was to determine the burden of maternal death and maternal near-miss occurrences through surveillance and data collection of life-threatening maternal complications or severe maternal outcomes (SMO) from Nigerian public tertiary hospitals.