TY - JOUR AU - Ziraba, Abdhalah Kasiira AU - Madise, Nyovani AU - Mills, Samuel AU - Kyobutungi, Catherine AU - Ezeh, Alex PY - 2009 DA - 2009/04/22 TI - Maternal mortality in the informal settlements of Nairobi city: what do we know? JO - Reproductive Health SP - 6 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - Current estimates of maternal mortality ratios in Kenya are at least as high as 560 deaths per 100,000 live births. Given the pervasive poverty and lack of quality health services in slum areas, the maternal mortality situation in this setting can only be expected to be worse. With a functioning health care system, most maternal deaths are avoidable if complications are identified early. A major challenge to effective monitoring of maternal mortality in developing countries is the lack of reliable data since vital registration systems are either non-existent or under-utilized. In this paper, we estimated the burden and identified causes of maternal mortality in two slums of Nairobi City, Kenya. SN - 1742-4755 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-4755-6-6 DO - 10.1186/1742-4755-6-6 ID - Ziraba2009 ER -