Maternal Mortality in Dodoma Regional Referral Hospital, Tanzania.

Mzee M NassoroPaul ChettoEnid ChiwangaAthanase Lilungulu Deogratius BintabaraJacquiline Wambura

Published in: International journal of reproductive medicine (2020)

Maternal mortality is still high in Dodoma Regional Referral Hospital. Eclampsia was the leading cause of maternal deaths in 2018 followed by sepsis and obstetric haemorrhage. Delays associated with health system factors (third-phase delay) contributed much more to maternal mortality than the first-phase delay. Mentorship programmes on management of obstetric complications need to be instituted in order to reduce maternal deaths in Dodoma Regional Referral Hospital.

Keyphrases

birth weight
pregnancy outcomes
primary care
cardiovascular events
healthcare
pregnant women
risk factors
intensive care unit
emergency department
acute kidney injury
cardiovascular disease
physical activity