Secondary Analysis of the Bangladesh Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Survey

The Bangladesh Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Survey (BMMMS) 2001 collected extensive information about maternal health, maternal health care, and maternal mortality in Bangladesh. However, the data collected allow for substantial additional analyses beyond the descriptive findings.

The Secondary Analysis Project will use the BMMMS data to explore a variety of both methodological and substantive issues by JHSPH/ICDDR,B/NIPORT researchers. These include:

• the contribution of fertility decline to improvements in maternal mortality levels in Bangladesh
• a comparison of different approaches to measuring maternal mortality
• an analysis of the effects of access to emergency obstetrical care upon institutionalized delivery and treatment for obstetric complications
• a case-control study of the programmatic and non-programmatic factors associated with the risk of maternal death
• analysis of maternal and non-maternal causes of death to Bangladeshi women
• equity in the use of maternal health services in Bangladesh 

Principal Investigator:  Michael Koenig (JHSPH)

Co-Investigators: 

• Cynthia Stanton (JHSPH)
• Shams El Arifeen (ICDDR,B)
• Peter Kim Streatfield (ICDDR,B) 

Publications

Hill K, El Arifeen S, Koenig M, Al-Sabir A, Jamil CK, and Raggerse H. How should we measure maternal mortality in the developing world? A comparison of household deaths and sibling history approaches. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2006;84:173-180.

Koenig MA, Jamil K, Streatfield PK, Saha T, Al-Sabir A, El Arifeen S, Hill K and Haque Y. Maternal Health and Care-Seeking Behavior In Bangladesh: Findings from a National Survey. International Family Planning Perspectives. 2007;33(2):75–82.