title: Measuring progress in reducing maternal mortality.
abstract: The need to monitor progress in reducing maternal mortality has a long history, which can be traced back to the 1700s in some parts of the Western world. Today, however, this need is felt most acutely in developing countries, where the priority is to stimulate, evaluate and sustain action to prevent these essentially avoidable deaths. Over the last two decades, considerable efforts have been made to understand and overcome the measurement challenges of maternal mortality in the context of weak information systems, and new and enhanced methods and tools have emerged.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen, UK. w.graham@abdn.ac.uk
authors.forename: Wendy J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: Lauren B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hauke
authors.forename: Oona M R
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D019352:Censuses; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008428:Maternal Mortality / Q000639:trends; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000401:mortality*