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Factors Affecting Maternal Mortality
A STUDY OF THE CAUSES OF MATERNAL MORTALITY IN RURAL AREAS IN UGANDA
CASE STUDY: MITYANA HOSPITAL

BY

SEMPA FATUMAH
10/U/4724/BEK/PD

A RESEARCH PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTIC IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS OF KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY.

FEBUARY 2012

List of acronyms ➢ MMR- Maternal Mortality Rate ➢ IMR - Infant Mortality Rate ➢ UBOS- Uganda Bureau of Statistics ➢ NPA- National Planning Authority ➢ HDI- Human Development Index ➢ MOH- Ministry of Health ➢ MOFPED- Ministry of Finance Planning and Economics Development ➢ MDG- Millennium Development Goal ➢ UNICEF- United Nations International Children’s Education Fund

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Maternal mortality rate is the annual number of mothers who die per 100000 births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy, management and delivery. This excludes accidental or incidental causes. The MMR includes deaths during pregnancy, childbirth or within 42 days of termination of the pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy for a specified year (UNICEF, 2010).
There exists a clear distinction between a direct maternal death that is as a result of a complication of the pregnancy or delivery and an indirect maternal death that is a pregnancy related death in a patient a pre-existing or newly developed health complication. However, in this study, both types of maternal deaths will be considered.
According to a report , the MMR in Uganda was 435 deaths per 100000 births in 2006( UBOS,2008),down from 505 deaths per 100000 births in 2002 and Uganda has a millennium development goal target of reducing the maternal mortality rate by three quarters to 131deaths per 100000 births by 2015.
However, a national study conducted



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