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. 2012 Sep 14;12:786. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-786

Table 5.

Changes in maternal deaths and incremental costs that could accompany increased coverage of select maternal interventions

  2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total
APPROACH 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interventions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reduction in unmet need for contraception
25%
50%
75%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
 
·Increase in coverage of safe abortion
30%
50%
80%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
 
·Facility upgrade package
-
-
-
-
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
 
Incremental cost (millions)
$3.88
$7.91
$12.16
$16.65
$55.27
$56.73
$100.40
$103.00
$151.47
$155.30
$205.89
$210.90
$1,079.55
Maternal deaths averted
2,795
4,912
7,374
9,691
16,969
17,394
25,125
25,736
34,777
35,594
46,639
47,690
274,695
 
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Total
APPROACH 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interventions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reduction in unmet need for contraception
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
25%
50%
75%
100%
 
·Increase in coverage of safe abortion
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
30%
50%
80%
100%
 
·Facility upgrade package
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
 
Incremental cost (millions)
$41.18
$42.28
$89.08
$91.44
$143.63
$147.40
$202.16
$207.39
$205.77
$207.76
$209.61
$211.30
$1,798.99
Maternal deaths averted
7,103
7,284
14,866
15,242
24,183
24,781
35,815
36,686
39,766
42,242
45,124
47,672
340,765
 
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Total
APPROACH 3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interventions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·Reduction in unmet need for contraception
25%
25%
50%
50%
75%
75%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
 
· Increase in coverage of safe abortion
30%
30%
50%
50%
80%
80%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
 
·Facility upgrade package
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
 
Incremental cost (millions)
$42.87
$44.02
$89.20
$91.57
$138.23
$141.86
$186.97
$191.81
$196.73
$201.69
$206.67
$211.66
$1,743.26
Maternal deaths averted 9,664 9,915 19,053 19,540 29,980 30,729 42,414 43,453 44,501 45,552 46,604 47,655 389,060

Select maternal interventions include increased use of modern contraceptives (through reducing unmet need), and safe abortion services, as well as improving intrapartum care (see text). These interventions are applied in three different ways or “Approaches” to stacked cohorts of women aged 15–45 years over a 12 year period (from 2011 to 2022). In Approach 1, utilization of modern contraceptives and safe abortion services were gradually maximized prior to improving intrapartum care; in Approach 2, improvement in intrapartum care was progressively increased to a maximum before the use of modern contraceptives and safe abortion services were increased; in Approach 3, all three interventions were gradually maximized concurrently.