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Work programs of specialized technical committees (SNIEG) Specialized Technical Committee on Health Sector. Specialized Technical Committee on the Information System of the Millennium Development Goals. Specialized Technical Committee on Gender-Sensitive Information. Bibliography Aurora del Río “Estadísticas sobre Mortalidad Materna en México”. Búsqueda intencionada de muertes maternas en México. Informe 2008. SSA, 2010. Prioridades del Centro Nacional de Equidad de Género y Salud Reproductiva. Thank you * October 2010 ESA/STAT/AC.219/19 Maternal mortality 3rd Global Forum on Gender Statistics Manila, Philippines Marcela Eternod Arámburu Maternal mortality The maternal mortality ratio reflects the magnitude of a health problem since most of maternal deaths are preventable. Reducing maternal mortality is one of the main objectives of Mexico’s National Program of Health 2006-2012 and is an international commitment to meet the Millennium Development Goals. Maternal mortality The prevention of deaths from these causes depends on the coverage and quality of health services, detection and adequate treatment of complications as well as the timely pipeline of women to a hospital with trained staff trained and the resources needed to execute obstetric emergencies. SSA officials say that maternal mortality in Mexico currently does not reflect a problem of access to health services, but poor quality of services, with more than 82% of maternal deaths occurring in the hospital (2009). Maternal mortality It is widely known that maternal mortality measurement is facing a set of technical problems affecting the indicators. The data quality is questionable: Not all maternal deaths are indentified. There are problems of birth registration. Maternal mortality In this situation, in Mexico took place in 2002 and 2003 a pilot study that revealed the misclassification of maternal deaths which showed the errors in coding causes of death having consequences on underreporting