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Table 1 Number of studies conducted in countries of high, very high or extremely high maternal mortality

From: Global stakeholder perspectives of home birth: a systematic scoping review

Country

Number of studies

Extremely high maternal mortality (> 1000 maternal deaths per 100,000 (100K) live births)

 Chad

0

 Sierra Leone

3

 South Sudan/Sudan

5

Very high maternal mortality (500–999 maternal deaths per 100,000 (100K) live births)

 Afghanistan

0

 Cameroon

0

 Central Republic of Africa

0

 Côte d’Ivoire

0

 Guinea

0

 Guinea-Bissau

0

 Mauritania

0

 Niger

0

 Somalia

0

 Liberia

1

 Mali

1

 Tanzania

13

 Nigeria

18

High maternal mortality (300–499 maternal deaths per 100,000 (100K) live births)

 Benin

0

 Congo

0

 Democratic Republic of the Congo

0

 Equatorial Guinea

0

 Togo

0

 Eritrea

1

 Madagascar

1

 Zimbabwe

1

 Senegal (including Gambia)

2

 Burkina Faso

3

 Malawi

5

 Uganda

6

 Ghana

10

 Kenya

13

 Ethiopia

41

  1. As defined in WHO, UNICEF, UN Population Fund, World Bank, Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 to 2017 WHO, Geneva, 2019