Beyond the numbers : reviewing maternal deaths and complications to make pregnancy safer.

Every year some eight million women suffer pregnancy-related complications and over half a million die. In developing countries, one woman in 16 may die of pregnancy-related complications compared to one in 2800 in developed countries. Most of these deaths can be averted even where resources are lim...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Online Access:	Click here to view publication online
Corporate Author:	World Health Organization. Reproductive Health and Research
Format:	Software Book
Language:	English
Published:	Geneva : Dept. of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, ©2004.
Subjects:	Maternal Mortality. Cause of Death. Data Collection. Pregnancy Complications > mortality. Pregnancy > Complications.