Maternal Mortality In A Rural Community Of Ethiopia The Case Of Mafud District In Northern Shewa

Each n'ur hul( u millioll I 'OII Ic' 1I £Ii ,' lr'Jm complicutioll. 0/ pregllullcT 011£1rnchildbirth and ab01ll 99 per cent of these demhs take place ill de'eloping cOllntries.rnMoreover, in these countries complications of pregnancy and childbirth are the leadingrncauses of dea[h among women of childbearing age. However, detailed s[udy onrnmaternal mortality is scarce in many of these developing countries and, if it exists, thernavailable estimates are only rough indicators of the magnitude of the problem. Similarrnto other developing cOUiuries, in £Ihiopia, [here is 110 reliable illformaIion thai illdicaIesrnthe level, causes and correlates of maternal death for the country at large except fewrnstudies conducted on the capital city, Addis Ababa, and one community based study inrnsome rural communities in fllubabor region, South-Western Ethiopia,rnWith these as a background, the thesis is mainly concerned with estimating thernlevel of maternal mortality in rural vii/ages of Mafod district in Northern Shewa regionrn(Il Ce IIlml £I h iopi" IIsing a cross -seCI iOllal call: ""OI.':l -based S 111 ,,1' ' COndllCI I'd all -': - -Irneligible re"pondel1ls (persolls aged 15 y ears {II /,j ,Ii]o'e}, !mer1'iel's I ith key illformantsrnis also anolher SClfrce of illFormalioll for the ,!:,,11 .rnThe principal [echniqlle employed in t;I

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