Graham Wendy J, Foster Lauren B, Davidson Lisa, Hauke Elizabeth, Campbell Oona M R
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen, UK.
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2008 Jun;22(3):425-45. doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2007.12.001. Epub 2008 Mar 4.
The need to monitor progress in reducing maternal mortality has a long history, which can be traced back to the 1700s in some parts of the Western world. Today, however, this need is felt most acutely in developing countries, where the priority is to stimulate, evaluate and sustain action to prevent these essentially avoidable deaths. Over the last two decades, considerable efforts have been made to understand and overcome the measurement challenges of maternal mortality in the context of weak information systems, and new and enhanced methods and tools have emerged.
监测降低孕产妇死亡率进展情况的需求由来已久，在西方世界的某些地区可追溯到18世纪。然而，如今发展中国家对此需求的感受最为强烈，在这些国家，首要任务是推动、评估并维持预防这些基本可避免死亡的行动。在过去二十年里，人们付出了巨大努力，以在信息系统薄弱的背景下理解并克服孕产妇死亡率的测量挑战，新的和经过改进的方法及工具也应运而生。
