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Lessons learned from maternal deaths at an East African health center

Aims: To analyze maternal deaths occurring at the Mikumi Health Center in Tanzania, East Africa, to discuss causes for the high maternal mortality rate at the Health Center, and to define possible strategies for the reduction of maternal deaths.

Methods: Between 2002 and 2003, a total of nine maternal deaths were identified and analyzed from hospital records of the East-African Mikumi Health Center.

Results: During the two-year period, the total number of deliveries was 977 including two maternal deaths during pregnancy and seven deaths during labor or postpartum (0.7% of total deliveries)...

Keywords: East Africa, maternal mortality ratio, maternal obstetric deaths, obstetric complications