부산대학교 도서관

The purpose of this paper is to examine the progress made towards the Safe Motherhood Initiative goals in three areas of the United Republic of Tanzania during the 1990s. Maternal mortality in the United Republic of Tanzania was monitored by sentinel demographic surveillance of more than 77,000 women of reproductive age, and by prospective monitoring of mortality in the following locations: an urban site; a wealthier rural district; and a poor rural district. In 1997, the United Republic of Tanzania formally adopted a strategy for accomplishing this goal that included raising the status of women, increasing the amount of health education, and improving access to family planning and emergency obstetric services. We analyzed all deaths recorded in Morogoro and Hai Districts from July 1992 to December 1999 and in Dar es Salaam from January 1993 to December 1999, and conducted a detailed review of all verbal autopsy forms coded as“ maternal death” for women aged 15– 49 years.