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Measuring maternal mortality in developing Pacific island countries: experience with the sisterhood method in the
The New Zealand Medical Journal
|July 13, 1994
Abstract
Aims:
To estimate the maternal mortality rate in the Solomon Islands, and to assist health planning and implementation of effective interventions.
Method:
The sisterhood method, an indirect technique for deriving population-based estimates of maternal mortality was used in interviews with 2580 randomly chosen women reporting on the fertility and mortality experience of their sisters.
Results:
The maternal mortality ratio in this study was 549 per 100,000 (95% CI 431, 684). This equates to one maternal death in every 180 pregnancies.
Conclusion:
The sisterhood method was found to be easy to administer, inexpensive and quick, and is recommended as a measurement tool to other developing countries.