High maternal mortality in Jigawa State, Northern Nigeria estimated using the sisterhood method.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal mortality is extremely high in Nigeria. Accurate estimation of maternal mortality is challenging in low-income settings such as Nigeria where vital registration is incomplete. The objective of this study was to estimate the lifetime risk (LTR) of maternal death and the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in Jigawa State, Northern Nigeria using the Sisterhood Method.

Methods

Interviews with 7,069 women aged 15-49 in 96 randomly selected clusters of communities in 24 Local Government Areas (LGAs) across Jigawa state were conducted. A retrospective cohort of their sisters of reproductive age was constructed to calculate the lifetime risk of maternal mortality. Using most recent estimates of total fertility for the state, the MMR was estimated.

Results

The

SUBMITTER: Sharma V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5455121 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature