Maternal mortality in Bangladesh: Who, when, why, and where? A national survey-based analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite a notable decline in recent decades, maternal mortality in Bangladesh remains high. A thorough understanding of causes of maternal deaths is essential for effective policy and programme planning. Here we report the current level and major causes of maternal deaths in Bangladesh, focusing on care-seeking practices, timing, and place of deaths.

Methods

We analysed data from the 2016 Bangladesh Maternal Mortality and Health Care Survey (BMMS), conducted with nationally representative sample of 298 284 households. We adapted the World Health Organization's 2014 verbal autopsy (VA) questionnaire. Trained physicians reviewed the responses and assigned the cause of death based on the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). We included 175 maternal deat

SUBMITTER: Hossain AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10248997 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature