The sisterhood method to measure maternal mortality consists of: OA. Interviewin

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The sisterhood method to measure maternal mortality consists of: OA. Interviewing respondents about the survival of all their adult sisters. B. Expanding the sample size requirements. ° C. Interviewing respondents about the survival of all their mothers. D. Obtaining information from non-family relatives. E. Obtaining information from non-adult sisters. Submit Answer The use of the sisterhood method is appropriate when: A. Resources do not permit any other approach for measuring maternal mortality in the immediate term; O B. Measuring progress towards safe motherhood in the short term; O C. There is no reliable estimate of the level of maternal mortality; D. An approximate level of maternal mortality is needed for advocacy purposes and to draw attention to the problem; E. Evaluating programme impact: OF. A, B, and C only O G. A, C, and D only O H. A, D, and E only Submit Answer

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Ans) (A) Interviewing respondents about the survival of all their adult sisters

The sisterhood method is an effective technique which is used for estimating the maternal mortality. It reduces the overall size of sample as the information is obtained based on interviewing the respondents about their adult sister survival.

Ans ) F – A, B and C only

All the options are considered for the using the sisterhood method. The sisterhood method is used for identifying maternal maternity and is used when any other method cannot be used for the immediate term. During short term, safe motherhood is to be estimated and no reliable level of maternal mortality is to be estimated.

Ans) E – Defined as the number of deaths due to maternal causes per 100 thousand live birth. It is the measurement of the number of mothers that died during the birth of the child per 100,000 women.

Ans) A) Pre-term birth

It is one of the major causes of Under 5 mortality which is the probability of dying between birth and exactly 5 years of agen.

Ans) E) Car accidents

The rest four can be anything that might lead to the neonatal mortality. It is a condition of death of the child within 28 days of birth.

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