The 13 proposed targets include an aim to reduce the global maternity mortality ratio to less than 70 for every 100,000 live births.
In fact, according the UN Human Development Report Russia ranks just below the US on many key indicators ranging from expected years of schooling, maternity mortality ratio to female participation in the economy.
Black African women (risk difference 108 (18 to 197) cases per 100 000 maternities; risk ratio 2.35, 1.45 to 3.81) and black Caribbean women (risk difference 116 (59 to 172) cases per 100 000 maternities; risk ratio 2.45, 1.81 to 3.31) had the highest risk compared with white women.
Objective: To assess the maternal mortality ratio in maternity units of reference hospitals in large west African cities, and to describe the distribution of complications and causes of maternal deaths.
It is evident that managers found it difficult to staff facilities, particularly at night when staffing ratios on maternity wards were severely reduced.
CI: Confidence interval; MES: Maternity Experience Survey; OR: Odds Ratio; SAS Statistical Analysis Softwaree; SD: Standard deviation; SPSS: Statistical Package for Social Sciences.
BMI: Body mass index; CI: Confidence interval; MES: Maternity Experience Survey; OR: Odds Ratio; SAS Statistical Analysis Softwaree; SD: Standard deviation; SPSS: Statistical Package for Social Sciences; WHO: World Health Organization.
CI: Confidence interval; EPDS: Edinburgh postnatal depression scale; MES: Maternity experiences survey; OR: Odds ratio; PPD: Postpartum depression; SPSS: Statistical package for social sciences.
There were statistically significant negative relationships between 3-year average maternity rates and 3-year average sex ratios (R2 = 0.57, p<0.001, Figure 1), and 3-year average recruitment rates and 3-year average sex ratios (R2 = 0.64, p<0.001, Figure 2).
One company internal memo reviewed by the committee stated that its loss on maternity riders came to 90% of income, a money-losing ratio," the memo said.
