A substantial proportion of child deaths could be averted if parents and other close relatives paid more attention to the safety of children. The Child Health Programme of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of Bangladesh should develop health education programmes for villagers alerting them to the dangers of drowning and measures to prevent it.

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This study confirms the known difficulties in the ascertainment of the levels and causes of maternal mortality. The large disparities in the levels and causes of maternal mortality using three different methods of lay reporting in a population with an almost complete vital registration system add to the growing concern about the inaccuracies in the measurement of maternal mortality.

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