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Dr Harsha Somaroo
Department of Community Health
Objectives
Describe the burden of Reproductive Disorders, globally, regionally,
and nationally
Number
Rank Causes of death (based on ICD-10) %
of Deaths
1 Tuberculosis (A15-A19) 33 063 7,2
Lu MC, Halfon N. Racial and ethnic disparities in birth outcomes: a life-course perspective.
Matern Child Health J. 2003;7:13-30
Determinants of Reproductive Disorders
1. Alkema L, Chou D, Hogan D, et al. Global, regional, and national levels and trends in maternal mortality between 1990 and 2015,
with scenario-based projections to 2030: a systematic analysis by the UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group. Lancet 2016; 387:462.
Definitions
Maternal death
• The death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy,
irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy
• from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not
from accidental or incidental causes
• Most (62 percent) maternal deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa (179,000 deaths)
The confidential enquiry into maternal deaths in South Africa: a case study, Volume: 121, Issue: s4, Pages: 53-60, First published: 18 September 2014, DOI: (10.1111/1471-
0528.12869)
The Saving Mothers Report
• The Saving Mothers Reports
provide data on
– the numbers
– common causes
– avoidable factors
• If recommendations from
these reports are
implemented /monitored and
evaluated, we expect a
decline in the rates of
maternal deaths
Saving Mothers Report 2014-2016 (1)
Saving Mothers Report 2014-2016 (2)
Questions