Investigating maternal mortality in a public teaching hospital, abakaliki, ebonyi state, Nigeria.

Discussion The MMR of 1,359 per 100,000 live births in this review is less than half of the value of 3,392 per 100,000 live births recorded in the same hospital in a previous study.[ 12 ] It is also lower than the values from some tertiary institutions in Nigeria—Uyo 2,577 and Benin 2,282 per 100,000 live births[ 13 , 14 ], respectively—and other developing countries—India 2,269.40 and Pakistan 1,578 per 100,000 live births, respectively.[ 15 , 16 ] The MMR at EBSUTH showed a decreasing trend from 4,000 per 100,000 live births in 1999 to 757 per 100,000 live births in 2008 and the latter figure is below the national average of 800 per 100,000 live births.[ 9 ] The decline in MMR in the hospital could be attributed to the free maternal health services introduced in the year 2001.

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