WHO (n)	SSA (n)
Maternal deaths	5	7
Maternal near-miss cases	10	47
Maternal near-miss events	18	87
Clinical criteria
Total events according to clinical criteria	10	51
Shock	7	7
Cardiac arrest	3	3
Severe pre-eclampsia	0	6
Eclampsia	0	11
Uterine rupture	0	5
Sepsis	0	6
Severe complications of abortion	0	2
Severe malaria	0	11
Laboratory-based criteria
Total events according to laboratory-based criteria	0	0
Management-based criteria
Total events according to management-based criteria	8	36
Hysterectomy	5	5
Use of blood products	0	19
Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation	3	3
Laparotomy other than for caesarean section	0	9