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Nepal Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Study 2008-2009

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
MMMS 2008-2009
Geography 
Nepal (NPL)
Bagmati, Bherī, Central Development Region [Historical], Dhawalāgiri, Eastern Development Region [Historical], Karnālī, Lumbini, Province Number One [Provisional], Province Number Two [Provisional], Setī
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
04/2008 - 04/2009
Data type
Survey:
  • Verbal autopsy
Summary 

The Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Study (MMMS) 2008-2009 examines the factors affecting maternal mortality in Nepal. The study took place in the following eight districts, chosen to represent different geographical and developmental regions of the country: Kailali, Rupandehi, Okhaldhunga, Surket, Jumla, Baglung, Rasuwa, and Sunsari. A community surveillance system was implemented in each district, to record maternal deaths and live births, and perform verbal autopsies. Other components of the study included: hospital maternal death review, an emergency obstetric care monitoring system, interviews with women who have had maternal complications in the past two years, assessments of health facilities, and interviews with health providers. 

In 1998, the Ministry of Health conducted a MMMS in three of the above districts.

Keywords 
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Adult mortality, Anemia, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Antimalarials, Asthma, Blood transfusions, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Eclampsia, Education, Epilepsy, Ethnicity, Exposure to forces of nature, Fatigue, Fever, HIV and AIDS, Headache, Health care access, Health care use, Heart disease, Hepatitis, Hypertension, Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, Hysterectomy, Infant mortality, Injections, Intentional injuries, Iron supplements, Jaundice, Land ownership, Live births, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Malnutrition, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal conditions, Maternal hemorrhage, Maternal mortality, Maternal sepsis, Medicines, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mortality, Night blindness, Obstetrical equipment, Obstructed labor, Pain, Place of death, Place of delivery, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Preterm birth, Refrigeration, Religion, Seizures, Skilled birth attendants, Stillbirths, Suicide, Surgical procedures, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Transportation, Tuberculosis, Unintentional injuries, Unipolar depressive disorders, Urinary tract infections, Verbal autopsy, Vomiting, Weight change
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