Maternal mortality in urban and rural Tanzania: Social determinants and health system efficiency
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40424-Maternal-Mortality_Policy-Brief_Shabani-et-al-2018.pdf
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- Maternal mortality rates (MMRs) in Tanzania have remained stubbornly high over the last decade, at around 500 per 100,000 live births.
- Previous research indicates unequal burden of MMRs and large variations across regions.
- This brief uses the 2015/16 Tanzania Demographic Health Survey (TDHS) and 2012 National Census to provide an overview of MMRs.
- The brief also analyses the supply of maternal health services across stages of pregnancy (from seeking care to delivery) to understand where bottlenecks and delays emerge and their causes.
- The authors find multiple factors behind the regional variances in service delivery, including the quality of service and other factors such as marital status during pregnancy.
- The authors outline four recommendations for policymakers and suggest that reducing the delays in mothers receiving treatment is key to reducing MMRs.