TY - JOUR
T1 - Maternal mortality and morbidity burden in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
T2 - findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study
AU - GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Maternal Mortality Collaborators
AU - Mokdad, Ali H.
AU - Khalil, Ibrahim
AU - Collison, Michael
AU - El Bcheraoui, Charbel
AU - Charara, Raghid
AU - Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar
AU - Afshin, Ashkan
AU - Chew, Adrienne
AU - Daoud, Farah
AU - Krohn, Kristopher J.
AU - Colombara, Danny
AU - Ehrenkranz, Rebecca
AU - Kutz, Michael
AU - Wang, Haidong
AU - Abajobir, Amanuel Alemu
AU - Abd-Allah, Foad
AU - Abraha, Haftom Niguse
AU - Abu-Raddad, Laith J.
AU - Kiadaliri, Aliasghar Ahmad
AU - Ahmadi, Alireza
AU - Ahmed, Kedir Yimam
AU - Ahmed, Muktar Beshir
AU - Al Lami, Faris Hasan
AU - Alam, Khurshid
AU - Alasfoor, Deena
AU - Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza
AU - Alkaabi, Juma M.
AU - Al-Maskari, Fatma
AU - Al-Raddadi, Rajaa
AU - Altirkawi, Khalid A.
AU - Anber, Nahla
AU - Ansari, Hossein
AU - Asayesh, Hamid
AU - Asghar, Rana Jawad
AU - Atey, Tesfay Mehari
AU - Ayele, Tadesse Awoke
AU - Bärnighausen, Till
AU - Bacha, Umar
AU - Barac, Aleksandra
AU - Barker-Collo, Suzanne L.
AU - Baune, Bernhard T.
AU - Bazargan-Hejazi, Shahrzad
AU - Bedi, Neeraj
AU - Bensenor, Isabela M.
AU - Berhane, Adugnaw
AU - Beyene, Addisu Shunu
AU - Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
AU - Boneya, Dube Jara
AU - Borschmann, Rohan
AU - Breitborde, Nicholas J.K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, The Author(s).
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - Objectives: Assessing the burden of maternal mortality is important for tracking progress and identifying public health gaps. This paper provides an overview of the burden of maternal mortality in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) by underlying cause and age from 1990 to 2015. Methods: We used the results of the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study to explore maternal mortality in the EMR countries. Results: The maternal mortality ratio in the EMR decreased 16.3% from 283 (241–328) maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 237 (188–293) in 2015. Maternal mortality ratio was strongly correlated with socio-demographic status, where the lowest-income countries contributed the most to the burden of maternal mortality in the region. Conclusion: Progress in reducing maternal mortality in the EMR has accelerated in the past 15 years, but the burden remains high. Coordinated and rigorous efforts are needed to make sure that adequate and timely services and interventions are available for women at each stage of reproductive life.
AB - Objectives: Assessing the burden of maternal mortality is important for tracking progress and identifying public health gaps. This paper provides an overview of the burden of maternal mortality in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) by underlying cause and age from 1990 to 2015. Methods: We used the results of the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study to explore maternal mortality in the EMR countries. Results: The maternal mortality ratio in the EMR decreased 16.3% from 283 (241–328) maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 237 (188–293) in 2015. Maternal mortality ratio was strongly correlated with socio-demographic status, where the lowest-income countries contributed the most to the burden of maternal mortality in the region. Conclusion: Progress in reducing maternal mortality in the EMR has accelerated in the past 15 years, but the burden remains high. Coordinated and rigorous efforts are needed to make sure that adequate and timely services and interventions are available for women at each stage of reproductive life.
KW - Burden of disease
KW - Eastern Mediterranean Region
KW - Maternal health
KW - Maternal mortality
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85026823011&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00038-017-1004-3
DO - 10.1007/s00038-017-1004-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 28776252
AN - SCOPUS:85026823011
SN - 1661-8556
VL - 63
SP - 47
EP - 61
JO - International Journal of Public Health
JF - International Journal of Public Health
ER -
