The outcome of labor at the University Teaching Hospital (CHU), Yaounde, Cameroon

• Published in: International journal of gynecology and obstetrics Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 317 - 323
• Main Authors: Doh, A.S., Nasah, B.T., Kamdom-Moyo, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.12.1989; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Biological and medical sciences; Birth Weight; Cameroon; Child; Delivery, Obstetric; Delivery. Postpartum. Lactation; Developing Countries; Disorders; Female; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Hospital Departments - standards; Hospitals, Teaching; Humans; Infant Mortality; Infant, Newborn; Intensive Care; Labor; Labor, Obstetric; Maternal and perinatal mortality; Maternal Mortality; Medical Audit; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital - standards; Parity; Population; Pregnancy; Retrospective Studies; Cameroon; Labor; Intensive Care; Maternal and perinatal mortality; Human; Cameroon; Teaching hospital; Follow up study; Mortality; Africa; Perinatal; Female; Hospital environment; Delivery; Morbidity; Health Services; Infant Mortality; Organization And Administration; Maternal Health Services; Delivery Of Health Care; Research Methodology; Reproduction; Quality Of Health Care; Program Accessibility; Population; Research Report; Retrospective Studies; Maternal-child Health Services; Demographic Factors; Program Effectiveness; Maternal Mortality; Programs; Evaluation; Middle Africa; Health; French Speaking Africa; Pregnancy Outcomes; Pregnancy; Studies; Health Services Evaluation; Developing Countries; Primary Health Care; Africa South Of The Sahara; Program Evaluation; Population Dynamics
• ISSN: 0020-7292; 1879-3479
• DOI: 10.1016/0020-7292(89)90817-5

The University Teaching Hospital, Yaounde, Cameroon became operational in 1982. This retrospective study analyses the performance of the maternity unit during the first 5 years. Data was obtained from casenotes, annual reports, delivery and operation registers. The maternal mortality rate (MMR) is one of the lowest in Africa. The perinatal mortality is low but could be improved upon. The reasons for the low MMR is discussed. It is possible to reduce the appalling MMRs of developing countries without sophisticated technologies.