TY - JOUR
T1 - Tracking maternal mortality declines in Mongolia between 1992 and 2007
T2 - The importance of collaboration
AU - Yadamsuren, Buyanjargal
AU - Merialdi, Mario
AU - Davaadorj, Ishnyam
AU - Requejo, Jennifer Harris
AU - Betrán, Ana Pilar
AU - Ahmad, Asima
AU - Nymadawa, Pagvajav
AU - Erkhembaatar, Tudevdorj
AU - Barcelona, Delia
AU - Ba-thike, Katherine
AU - Hagan, Robert J.
AU - Prado, Richard
AU - Wagner, Wolf
AU - Khishgee, Seded
AU - Sodnompil, Tserendorj
AU - Tsedmaa, Baatar
AU - Jav, Baldan
AU - Govind, Salik R.
AU - Purevsuren, Genden
AU - Tsevelmaa, Baldan
AU - Soyoltuya, Bayaraa
AU - Johnson, Brooke R.
AU - Fajans, Peter
AU - Van Look, Paul F.A.
AU - Otgonbold, Altankhuyag
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - Objective: To describe the declining trend in maternal mortality observed in Mongolia from 1992 to 2007 and its acceleration after 2001 following implementation of the Maternal Mortality Reduction Strategy by the Ministry of Health and other partners. Methods: We performed a descriptive analysis of maternal mortality data collected through Mongolia's vital registration system and provided by the Mongolian Ministry of Health. The observed declining mortality trend was analysed for statistical significance using simple linear regression. We present the maternal mortality ratios from 1992 to 2007 by year and review the basic components of Mongolia's Maternal Mortality Reduction Strategy for 2001-2004 and 2005-2010. Findings: Mongolia achieved a statistically significant annual decrease in its maternal mortality ratio of almost 10 deaths per 100 000 live births over the period 1992-2007. From 2001 to 2007, the maternal mortality ratio in Mongolia decreased approximately 47%, from 169 to 89.6 deaths per 100 000 live births. Conclusion: Disparities in maternal mortality represent one of the major persisting health inequities between low- and high-resource countries. Nonetheless, important reductions in low-resource settings are possible through collaborative strategies based on a horizontal approach and the coordinated involvement of key partners, including health ministries, national and international agencies and donors, health-care professionals, the media, nongovernmental organizations and the general public.
AB - Objective: To describe the declining trend in maternal mortality observed in Mongolia from 1992 to 2007 and its acceleration after 2001 following implementation of the Maternal Mortality Reduction Strategy by the Ministry of Health and other partners. Methods: We performed a descriptive analysis of maternal mortality data collected through Mongolia's vital registration system and provided by the Mongolian Ministry of Health. The observed declining mortality trend was analysed for statistical significance using simple linear regression. We present the maternal mortality ratios from 1992 to 2007 by year and review the basic components of Mongolia's Maternal Mortality Reduction Strategy for 2001-2004 and 2005-2010. Findings: Mongolia achieved a statistically significant annual decrease in its maternal mortality ratio of almost 10 deaths per 100 000 live births over the period 1992-2007. From 2001 to 2007, the maternal mortality ratio in Mongolia decreased approximately 47%, from 169 to 89.6 deaths per 100 000 live births. Conclusion: Disparities in maternal mortality represent one of the major persisting health inequities between low- and high-resource countries. Nonetheless, important reductions in low-resource settings are possible through collaborative strategies based on a horizontal approach and the coordinated involvement of key partners, including health ministries, national and international agencies and donors, health-care professionals, the media, nongovernmental organizations and the general public.
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U2 - 10.2471/BLT.08.061747
DO - 10.2471/BLT.08.061747
M3 - Article
C2 - 20428386
AN - SCOPUS:77649097240
SN - 0042-9686
VL - 88
SP - 192
EP - 198
JO - Bulletin of the World Health Organization
JF - Bulletin of the World Health Organization
IS - 3
ER -