Maternal deaths in teenage mothers
Nkata, M.
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology the Journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 17(4): 344-345
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0144-3615 PMID: 15511879 DOI: 10.1080/01443619750112763Document Number: 531731
In developing countries such as Zambia, teenage pregnancy is common and dangerous. In this study, out of 677 teenage mothers 33 died. The causes of this alarming mortality are documented and show the influence of sepsis, obstructed labour and uterine rupture. Malaria was an important associated cause. Only a major education programme with discouragement of pregnancy in young girls is likely to influence this distressing problem.
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