IJEblog12/21/2023

Why we need a new measure of maternal health: the “lifetime risk of maternal near miss”

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Ursula Gazeley According to the most recent data from the World Health Organization, the lifetime risk of maternal death for a girl in Chad is a staggering 1 in 15, compared with 1 in 43,000 in Norway. This means that a girl in Chad has an almost 3000 times greater risk of dying from a … Continue reading Why we need a new measure of maternal health: the “lifetime risk of maternal near miss”