According to press reports in the month of May 201, 508 deliveries took place in Jinja Regional Referral Hospital. Out of these 8 newborns died and 5 mothers lost their lives.
The calculation
Maternal mortality rate (not ratio!) is given by
Number of deaths due to pregnancy and childbirth
up to 42 days after delivery ----------------------------------------------------------------- x 100,000
Total number of deliveries during that period
After the dust has settled down we have:
5 deaths/508 deliveries x100, 000= 984.25 deaths per 100,000 births for the month of May 2011 in Jinja Regional Referral Hospital
This is a regional referral hospital which should be a standard for quality for the lower level health units under its jurisdiction.
Imagine what is happening in health facilities with even worse staffing levels?
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