Understanding Global Trends in Maternal Mortality • Sarah Zureick, University of Wisconsin at Madison ; Doris Chou, World Health Organization (WHO) ; Nobuko Mizoguchi, University of Colorado at Boulder ; Holly Newby, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) ; Lale Say, World Health Organization (WHO) ; Emi Suzuki, World Bank Group ; John R. Wilmoth, University of California, Berkeley

Identifying Factors Associated with Maternal Deaths in Jharkhand, India: A Verbal Autopsy Study • Nizamuddin Khan, Futures Group International ; Manas Ranjan Pradhan, South Asia Network for Chronic Disease, PHFI

Maternal Mortality in Mozambique: Findings on the Timing of Death and the Role of HIV/AIDS • Renee Lewis, U.S. Census Bureau ; Francisco Mbofana, National Institute of Statistics, Mozambique ; Elisio Mazive, National Institute of Statistics, Mozambique ; Loraine A. West, U.S. Census Bureau ; Stirling Cummings, MEASURE Evaluation ; Robert G. Mswia, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Determinants of Maternal Mortality in a Sample of German Villages (1766-1863) • Francesco Scalone, Università degli Studi di Sassari