Deaths from indirect causes such as suicide have remained constant despite overall fall in maternal mortality rate
Urgent action is needed to improve care for mothers-to-be with pre-existing medical and mental health problems, experts said, as a new study showed that the death rate among such women has remained constant despite an overall fall in maternal deaths.
There were 321 maternal deaths – women who died during their pregnancy or within six weeks of giving birth – between 2010 and 2012, equivalent to 10.1 per 100,000 women giving birth, compared with 11.4 per 100,000 in 2006 to 2008, a study led by the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit at Oxford University found.
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