Table 12 Maternal mortality, by primary cause of death, 2002

The Federal Government supports the establishment of Maternal Death Committees all over the country as a means to improve the records of maternal deaths.

In 2003, pursuant to a commitment made in connection to maternal death, the Federal Government published an Administrative Ruling that turns the notification of maternal deaths compulsory and reactivated the National Commission on Maternal Mortality.

Nowadays, there are 26 State Committees on Maternal Death working, while in 1998 only 14 were active.

The maternal death rate before the war in 1990 was 21.4 deaths per 100,000 residents in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

At least in two of them there are errors and incomplete data ( Maternal mortality rate and Tuberculosis death rate ).

The data on maternal death rate after the war are not reliable, but according to available data, where the cause of death is determined, the maternity death rate in 2000 was 8 per cent per 100,000.

Four state and regional seminars were organized with technical and financial support from the Federal Government, in order to train health professionals to study maternal deaths and or to create Regional and Municipal Committees on Maternal Death.

As in the case of child mortality most cases of maternal death (74 per cent) are directly associated with pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium.

The absolute risk of maternal death during pregnancy and the puerperium remains very small, being 1 in 8,423 confinements in the triennium 1997 1999.

maternal aid,

Maternal mortality ratio

Maternal and Child Health

In FBiH in 2001, only one case of maternal death, which is an indicator of the poor quality of mortality statistics data and certainly not a reflection of the actual conditions.

The commitment to guarantee health, and sexual and reproductive rights, is manifested in the implementation of the National Pact to Reduce Maternal and Neonatal Death, and the Brazil without Homophobia Program.

Goal 5 Improve maternal health

Improve maternal health (MDG 5)

Strategic maternal mortality reduction plan 2004 2008, which is based on the 2003 strategic guidelines for reducing maternal mortality and the recommendations of the 2000 maternal mortality baseline of the national reproductive health programme.

Educated women have decreased maternal mortality

CSMI Maternal and Child Health Centre

Other major health issues that require urgent attention are the need to reduce maternal and child mortality rates and malaria, which accounts for nearly 50 per cent of causes of death in sub Saharan Africa.

Maternal love is greater than anything else.

My mother's father is my maternal grandfather.

The major causes of maternal mortality are

Reducing mortality, especially maternal and child mortality

What were the rates of maternal mortality?

Maternal mortality, though declining, was still high.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 1.4 times more likely than non indigenous women to visit hospital for pregnancy and childbirth related issues, experiencing higher rates of perinatal mortality and adverse maternal outcomes, including death.

With respect to the World Conference on Population and Development, many important actions are being developed, such as the National Pact to Reduce Maternal and Neonatal Death, as well as other measures described in Article 12.

One of the difficulties in obtaining information on maternal and child mortality lies in the fact that the National Maternal and Child Health Survey (ENSMI),10 which is conducted periodically, does not reflect the indicators of maternal mortality satisfactorily.

Although the under five mortality rate has admittedly fallen from 248 to 180 per 1,000 live births, the Central African Republic still has the highest rate of maternal death during childbirth (1,100 women per 100,000 live births).

Also in 2003, the Fifth National Forum on Maternal Death was held, with the participation of all of the state and municipal capitals committees, scientific societies, professional associations, the women's movement and the Pan American Health Organization.

Table 11 Maternal mortality, by obstetric cause, 2002

Source Ministry of Health, maternal mortality surveillance system.

Table 13 Non obstetric maternal mortality, 2001 2002

The maternal mortality rate has remained generally low.

For example, the Demographic and Health Survey is conducted regularly to determine things like childhood and maternal death rates. Moreover, economists are using new techniques like satellite mapping of light sources to inform their estimates of economic growth.

The second item on the agenda is maternal mortality.

Mitochondrial DNA, tracing a purely maternal line of descent.

Improvements to maternal parental benefits in 2003 2004 included

Most maternal deaths are directly due to obstetric complications.

In an effort to collect more accurate data on maternal mortality, in 1996 the Ministry of Health began implementing a maternal mortality surveillance system throughout the country.

(2) Contributing to the Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Kenya

To prevent and reduce maternal and child morbidity and mortality.

Most maternal, newborn and child deaths occur in poor communities.