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Conference Paper: Is MMR really declining: challenges in monitoring maternal mortality.
| Title | Is MMR really declining: challenges in monitoring maternal mortality. |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Keywords | Maternal mortality Millenium development goals India |
| Issue Date | 2012 |
| Citation | The 13th World Congress on Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 23-27 April 2012. How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Tracking of maternal deaths is crucial to the planning and implementation of maternal health programs. In India, one of the countries with a relatively high maternal mortality ratio (MMR), a series of national programs have been launched since the early 90s to reduce maternal deaths. However, there is little reliable data documenting the time trend of maternal mortality at the district-level. The lack of district-level data poses considerable challenge to the evaluation of intervention programs. The goal of this study was to explore the ... |
| Description | Theme - Towards Global Health Equity: Opportunities and Threats |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/160454 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Ng, M | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Levin-Rector, A | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Diwan, V | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Sabde, Y | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | De Costa, A | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-16T06:11:43Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2012-08-16T06:11:43Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 13th World Congress on Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 23-27 April 2012. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/160454 | - |
| dc.description | Theme - Towards Global Health Equity: Opportunities and Threats | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Tracking of maternal deaths is crucial to the planning and implementation of maternal health programs. In India, one of the countries with a relatively high maternal mortality ratio (MMR), a series of national programs have been launched since the early 90s to reduce maternal deaths. However, there is little reliable data documenting the time trend of maternal mortality at the district-level. The lack of district-level data poses considerable challenge to the evaluation of intervention programs. The goal of this study was to explore the ... | - |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | World Congress on Public Health | en_US |
| dc.subject | Maternal mortality | - |
| dc.subject | Millenium development goals | - |
| dc.subject | India | - |
| dc.title | Is MMR really declining: challenges in monitoring maternal mortality. | en_US |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
| dc.identifier.email | Ng, M: marieng@hku.hk | en_US |
| dc.identifier.authority | Ng, M=rp01451 | en_US |
| dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 202591 | en_US |
| dc.description.other | The 13th World Congress on Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 23-27 April 2012. | - |