Monitoring of maternal mortality
Significance and actuality of decreasing the level of maternal mortality, and also reasons, negatively influencing on the level of maternal losses in the developed (iatrogenia) and developing countries (poverty), are presented in the article. Registration and accepted measures (federal laws, methodical recommendations, orders and informative letters) for decreasing this index on the territory of Russian Federation after transition to the calculations of maternal mortality index in accordance with determination of WHO are traced. The significance of correct forming of diagnosis in the cases of maternal death rate and observance of order of completing and delivery of medical documents by doctors on reason of death for avoidance of divergence of index of maternal death rate according to data of Rosstat and Ministry of Health of Russia are shown. Monitoring of MM allows to define the ways of prophylaxis and decreasing its level.