Author(s)

Ngwa Fabrice Ambe^1,2*, Tanyi Pride Bobga^1,2,3, Mohamed Isah⁴, Ateh Stanislas Ketum⁵, Carlson Babila Sama⁶, Acha Anwi Therese⁷, Ngouateu Chrysal Beuadou⁸, Ebanja Silva Elonge Gabriel⁵, Thierry Pechap Ayafor⁹

¹Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
²Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
³Saint Louis Institute of Medical Sciences, Douala, Cameroon.
⁴Department of Public Health and Hygiene, Faculty Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
⁵Department of Medicine, Faculty Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
⁶Western Sussex NHS Foundation Trust and School of Population Health Sciences, Department of Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
⁷Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
⁸Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Bamenda, Cameroon.
⁹University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA.

Background: One target under sustainable Development Goal 3 is to reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 births, with no country having a maternal mortality rate of more than twice the global average. So there is a need to identify ways to reduce maternal mortality which is a top priority in development of the management of pregnant women and invention of equipment in procedures (caesarian section) to provide a maternal health and increase life survival. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and causes of maternal mortality at Regina Pacis Hospital and Government Health Center Mutengene. Method: This study was a retrospective study, where Data from 2007 to 2017 were collected from the hospital files using a checklist, descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. Conclusion: From the finding, maternal mortality is at a pace of increase in the Regina Pacis Hospital and Government Health Centre Mutengene and these health facilitiesmay fail to achieve the target of SDG3 by the end of 2030. Since, the overall prevalence of maternal mortality at both study sites was 240 per 100,000 live births at Regina Pacis Hospital and Government Health Center Mutengene from 2007 to 2017, increase education of women of reproductive age on pregnancy care and training of hospital staff in obstetric management and health records documentation.

Maternal Mortality, South West Region, Cameroon, Pregnancy and Hemorrhage

Ambe, N. , Bobga, T. , Isah, M. , Ketum, A. , Sama, C. , Therese, A. , Beuadou, N. , Gabriel, E. and Ayafor, T. (2020) Investigating Maternal Mortality at Regina Pacis Hospital Mutengene and the Government Health Centre Mutengene, South West Region, Cameroon. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 8, 163-176. doi: 10.4236/jbm.2020.85016.