Maternal death audits have been carried out for every maternal death that occurred since 1997.

Table 12 Maternal mortality, by primary cause of death, 2002

The Federal Government supports the establishment of Maternal Death Committees all over the country as a means to improve the records of maternal deaths.

In 2003, pursuant to a commitment made in connection to maternal death, the Federal Government published an Administrative Ruling that turns the notification of maternal deaths compulsory and reactivated the National Commission on Maternal Mortality.

Nowadays, there are 26 State Committees on Maternal Death working, while in 1998 only 14 were active.

For example, the Demographic and Health Survey is conducted regularly to determine things like childhood and maternal death rates.

The maternal death rate before the war in 1990 was 21.4 deaths per 100,000 residents in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

At least in two of them there are errors and incomplete data ( Maternal mortality rate and Tuberculosis death rate ).

The data on maternal death rate after the war are not reliable, but according to available data, where the cause of death is determined, the maternity death rate in 2000 was 8 per cent per 100,000.

60. Maternal mortality is one of the leading causes of death among women of child bearing age in the developing world.

maternal aid,

Maternal deaths

Maternal nutrition

Maternal health

Dr. Rosenfield said that the current maternal and neonatal death rates in poor countries were prevalent in Western countries a century ago.

Four state and regional seminars were organized with technical and financial support from the Federal Government, in order to train health professionals to study maternal deaths and or to create Regional and Municipal Committees on Maternal Death.

Maternal mortality rate

Improving maternal health

Maternal mortality ratio

Improve Maternal Health

E. Maternal pathology

12.7 Maternal Health

C. Maternal mortality

The government has put together a global alliance to prevent maternal death in childbirth, investing in both safe delivery and survival of newborns.

The maternal death rate is an important indicator of the level of health and social care provided to mothers during and after pregnancy.

As in the case of child mortality most cases of maternal death (74 per cent) are directly associated with pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium.

The absolute risk of maternal death during pregnancy and the puerperium remains very small, being 1 in 8,423 confinements in the triennium 1997 1999.

The presenter of the theme Child and maternal health observed that the present maternal and neonatal death rates in poor countries were prevalent a century ago in Western countries, where they had then been reduced because of determined government policies.

Structure of maternal mortality

Maternal and Child Health

Child and maternal health

Goal 5 Improve maternal health

Improve maternal health (MDG 5)

A. Maternal morbidity and mortality

Maternal mortality rates vary widely.

Maternal health and family planning

The MDG s also address the scourges of maternal death in childbirth, lack of access to safe drinking water, and killer diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, and AIDS.

56. Motherhood at a young age entails a risk of maternal death much greater than the average, and the children of young mothers also fare less well.

Remembering my beloved maternal uncle, Shri.

Educated women have decreased maternal mortality

MCHC Maternal and Child Health Center.

Maternal mortality in Pakistan remains high.

Maternal mortality has also been falling.

(c) Maternal and child health centres

To promote maternal and child health and family planning, in order to reduce maternal, infant and child mortality