A prospective key informant surveillance system to measure maternal mortality – findings from indigenous populations in Jharkhand and Orissa India

摘要

BackgroundIn places with poor vital registration, measurement of maternal mortality and monitoring the impact of interventions on maternal mortality is difficult and seldom undertaken. Mortality ratios are often estimated and policy decisions made without robust evidence. This paper presents a prospective key informant system to measure maternal mortality and the initial findings from the system.