Davidzoyashe Makosa

Biographic Data

ID7797969
NAMEDavidzoyashe Makosa
GIVEN NAMESDavidzoyashe
FAMILY NAMEMakosa
SIGNATUREMAKOSA D
AFFILIATIONSMinistry of Health and Child Welfare
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT2
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX0

  • Maternal mortality decline in Zimbabwe, 2007/2008 to 2018/2019

    Open AccessReuben Musarandega, Jenny A Cresswell et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    BACKGROUND: Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.1 target is to reduce the global maternal mortality ratio (MMR) to less than 70 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births by 2030. In the Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality strategy, a supplementary target was added, that no country has an MMR above 140 by 2030. We conducted two cross-sectional reproductive age mortality surveys to analyse changes in Zimbabwe's MMR between 2007-2008 and 2018-2019 …

  • Changes in causes of pregnancy-related and maternal mortality in Zimbabwe 2007-08 to 2018-19

    Open AccessReuben Musarandega, Solwayo Ngwenya et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Zimbabwe experienced a decline in both direct and indirect causes of pregnancy-related deaths. Deaths from indirect causes declined mainly due to a reduction in HIV/AIDS-related and malaria mortality, while deaths from direct causes declined because of a reduction in obstetric haemorrhage and pregnancy-related infections. Ongoing interventions ought to improve the coverage and quality of maternal care in Zimbabwe, to further reduce deaths from di…