Preeclampsia and eclampsia-specific maternal mortality in Bangladesh: Levels, trends, timing, and care-seeking practices.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite improvements in many health indicators, maternal mortality has plateaued in Bangladesh. Achieving the global target of reductions in maternal mortality and the associated Sustainable Development Goals will not be possible without actions to prevent deaths due to preeclampsia/eclampsia. Here we examined the levels, trends, specific causes, timing, place, and care-seeking behaviours of women who died due to these two causes.

Methods

We used nationally representative Bangladesh Maternal Mortality and Health Care Surveys (BMMSs) conducted in 2001, 2010, and 2016 to examine levels and trends of deaths due to preeclampsia/eclampsia. We based the analysis of specific causes, timing, and place of preeclampsia/eclampsia deaths, and care seeking before the deaths on

SUBMITTER: Khan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10344461 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature