Severe maternal outcomes in eastern Ethiopia: Application of the adapted maternal near miss tool.
Abera Kenay TuraJoost ZwartJos van RoosmalenJelle StekelenburgThomas van den AkkerSicco ScherjonPublished in: PloS one (2018)
The sub-Saharan Africa criteria identified all the MNM cases identified by the WHO criteria and all the maternal deaths. Applying the WHO criteria alone will cause under reporting of MNM cases (including maternal deaths) in this low-resource setting. The mortality index of 4.5% among women who fulfilled the adapted MNM criteria justifies labeling these women as having 'life-threatening conditions'.