وأضافت أنها تود معرفة ما إذا كان معدل وفيات الأمهات لا يشمل سوى الأمهات اللاتي يتوفين بسبب مضاعفات تصاحب الولادة أو أيضاً اللاتي يتوفين بسبب إصابتهن بأمراض أثناء الحمل، مثل الإيدز.
She would also like to know whether the maternal mortality rate included only women who had died from complications accompanying childbirth or also those who had died from illnesses during pregnancy, such as AIDS.