Maternal Mortality in South Africa: Lessons from a Case Study in the Use of Deaths Reported by Households in Censuses and Surveys • Rob Dorrington, University of Cape Town ; Debbie Bradshaw, Medical Research Council of South Africa

The Predictive Value of Retrospective Survey Data on Maternal Mortality in Sub-Saharan Populations: Results from a Validation Study in Eastern Senegal • Stephane Helleringer, Columbia University ; Malick Kante, Columbia University (CU) ; Géraldine Duthé, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Armelle Andro, Université Paris I, Panthéon Sorbonne and Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Gilles Pison, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Maternal Mortality at the Community Level: An Innovative Approach to Measurement • Ndola Prata, University of California, Berkeley ; Caitlin Gerdts, University of California, Berkeley ; Amanuel Guessessew, Tigrai Health Bureau

The Maternal Mortality Incidence Rate (MMIR) • Timothy Riffe, Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (CED)