Maternal Mortality Determinants in Rural Kenya: An Audit of Three Hospitals
Background: Global health agencies advocate that no mother should die while giving life, more so from preventable causes. However, there are persistently high maternal mortalities in various regions with a current global maternal mortality ratio of 211/100,000 live births. This study sought to inves...
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| author | Brian Barasa Masaba Rose M. Mmusi-Phetoe Bernard Rono Daniel Kyalo Muthiani Jonathan Taiswa Stephenie Lydia Ojiambo Damaris Moraa John Kennedy Moturi |
| author_facet | Brian Barasa Masaba Rose M. Mmusi-Phetoe Bernard Rono Daniel Kyalo Muthiani Jonathan Taiswa Stephenie Lydia Ojiambo Damaris Moraa John Kennedy Moturi |
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Global health agencies advocate that no mother should die while giving life, more so from preventable causes. However, there are persistently high maternal mortalities in various regions with a current global maternal mortality ratio of 211/100,000 live births. This study sought to investigate the causes and determinants of maternal mortality.
Materials and Methods:
A four-year retrospective, cross-sectional study was conducted in three tertiary hospitals within Migori county in Kenya. Data were extracted from 101 maternal mortality records from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2019.
Results:
Leading complications were hemorrhage 34.70%, eclampsia 20.80%, and sepsis 15.80%. Mothers who were unmonitored using partograph, had reactive HIV status, were in the postpartum period, were referred from periphery facilities, and low socioeconomic levels were most vulnerable.
Conclusions:
Improvement in healthcare systems to enable optimal care to mothers diagnosed with leading complications and socioeconomically empowering women in Migori county is urgently needed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-87ecf74afaab47a7a751f12ca61f71862025-02-06T06:27:13ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research1735-90662228-55042025-01-0130113513910.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_255_22Maternal Mortality Determinants in Rural Kenya: An Audit of Three HospitalsBrian Barasa MasabaRose M. Mmusi-PhetoeBernard RonoDaniel Kyalo MuthianiJonathan TaiswaStephenie Lydia OjiamboDamaris MoraaJohn Kennedy MoturiBackground: Global health agencies advocate that no mother should die while giving life, more so from preventable causes. However, there are persistently high maternal mortalities in various regions with a current global maternal mortality ratio of 211/100,000 live births. This study sought to investigate the causes and determinants of maternal mortality. Materials and Methods: A four-year retrospective, cross-sectional study was conducted in three tertiary hospitals within Migori county in Kenya. Data were extracted from 101 maternal mortality records from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2019. Results: Leading complications were hemorrhage 34.70%, eclampsia 20.80%, and sepsis 15.80%. Mothers who were unmonitored using partograph, had reactive HIV status, were in the postpartum period, were referred from periphery facilities, and low socioeconomic levels were most vulnerable. Conclusions: Improvement in healthcare systems to enable optimal care to mothers diagnosed with leading complications and socioeconomically empowering women in Migori county is urgently needed.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_255_22hospitalshumanskenyamaternal mortalityrural population |
| spellingShingle | Brian Barasa Masaba Rose M. Mmusi-Phetoe Bernard Rono Daniel Kyalo Muthiani Jonathan Taiswa Stephenie Lydia Ojiambo Damaris Moraa John Kennedy Moturi Maternal Mortality Determinants in Rural Kenya: An Audit of Three Hospitals Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research hospitals humans kenya maternal mortality rural population |
| title | Maternal Mortality Determinants in Rural Kenya: An Audit of Three Hospitals |
| title_full | Maternal Mortality Determinants in Rural Kenya: An Audit of Three Hospitals |
| title_fullStr | Maternal Mortality Determinants in Rural Kenya: An Audit of Three Hospitals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maternal Mortality Determinants in Rural Kenya: An Audit of Three Hospitals |
| title_short | Maternal Mortality Determinants in Rural Kenya: An Audit of Three Hospitals |
| title_sort | maternal mortality determinants in rural kenya an audit of three hospitals |
| topic | hospitals humans kenya maternal mortality rural population |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_255_22 |
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