| Summary |
Over the course of the 1990s Malawis maternal mortality ratio (MMR) doubled to one of the
highest in the world. According to the 2000 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS)
the MMR is estimated to be 1 120 per 100 000 live births, nearly double the MMR of 620 per
100 000 live births estimated from the 1992 MDHS. How is it that maternal mortality could
have doubled in the decade preceding the new millennium? |
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This document gives an overview of the factors contributing to the decline in maternal
health. It begins by providing a background to Malawi, including a brief description of its
social, economic and health systems context. It goes on to give an account of the clinical
causes of maternal mortality. It describes how the high MMR is the result of poor health care,
health systems deficiencies, poor access to care and harmful patient-related behaviour.
A detailed analysis of the problem and the various options for improving maternal health is
available in the full version of this document. This summary carries the concrete set of
recommendations flowing from the analysis for the changes and interventions required to reduce
the current MMR to about 150 by the year 2015 (in accordance with the MDG target of reducing
1990 MMR levels by 75%). |
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