Incidence and causes of severe maternal outcomes in Somaliland using the sub-Saharan Africa maternal near-miss criteria: A prospective cross-sectional study in a national referral hospital.

There is a need to improve the quality of maternal health services through implementation of evidence-based obstetric interventions and continuous in-service training for healthcare providers. Using the SSA MNM criteria could facilitate such preventive measures in this setting as well as similar low-resource contexts.