%0 Journal Article
%T What Emerges from the Analysis of Maternal Deaths at the Gyneco-Obstetric and Paediatric Hospital in Yaoundé?
%A Pascale Mpono Emenguele
%A Nelssa Kuete Fouomekong
%A Junie Annick Metogo Ntsama
%A Vanina Ngono Akam
%A Christiane Nsahlai
%A Isidore Tompeen
%A Serge Nyada
%A V&#233
%A ronique Mboua Batoum
%A Wilfried Lo&#239
%A c Tatsipie
%A Xavier Junior Ayissi Ngono
%A Esther Ngo Um Meka
%J Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
%P 118-137
%@ 2160-8806
%D 2025
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojog.2025.151012
%X <b>Background:</b> Maternal mortality remains a major public health problem worldwide. <b>Objectives:</b> Our study aims to present the results of an analysis of reviews of maternal deaths at HGOPY. <b>Methodology:</b> This was a descriptive cross-sectional study with retrospective data collection from archived records and reviewed maternal death reports. Our study lasted 8 months, from October 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024. The study covered maternal death files at the HGOPY over an 8-year period, from 1<sup>st</sup> of January 2016 to the 31<sup>st</sup> of December 2023. Data were processed and analyzed using Statitical Paquage for Social Science (SPSS) version 26.0. <b>Results:</b> We counted a total of 160 maternal deaths, of which 97 had been reviewed. We excluded 61 deceased women reviewed and retained 33. We recorded a cumulative total of 160 maternal deaths and 19,651 live births. The peak in the proportion of maternal deaths at the Yaound&#233; Gynaeco-Obstetric and Paediatric Hospital was in 2021, with a proportion of 0.013. No maternal deaths had been reviewed between 2016 to 2017. Most deaths (64%) occurred between 37 and 40 weeks. The majority (30.5%) were aged between 30 and 35. The data show that 80.6% of maternal deaths were due to direct obstetric causes, while 19.4% were due to indirect causes. Most deaths (69.4%) were preventable. Only 8.3% were not preventable. <b>Conclusion:</b> Concerted efforts must be made to adapt maternal death prevention and management strategies to local contexts in order to significantly reduce these alarming figures.
%K Maternal Mortality
%K Proportion
%K Review
%K Cause
%K Etiology
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=140326