“…Identifying the magnitude of maternal mortality necessitates identifying deaths among reproductive aged women, as well as identifying the cause(s) of each death in the community studied. The Reproductive Age Mortality Survey (RAMOS) was conducted in many countries (Cape Verde, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan and others), to assess maternal mortality, pregnancy outcomes, avoidable factors, and the impact of death on the family (29,(83)(84)(85)(86).…”