Maternal Mortality Media Reports from Anglophone West Africa

Kiran Roy's dataset contains 53 detailed articles from online newspapers and blogs across five Anglophone West African countries. The content analysis, published on figshare in 2026, examines reportage of maternal deaths due to obstetric causes, with most articles from Nigeria and published in 2023.

Use Cases

• Analyze the frequency of reported 'delays in facilities' like negligence or malpractice across different countries.
• Classify articles based on coded standards such as 'respectful' tone or 'captured >1 perspective'.
• Identify temporal trends in media coverage using the publication year of articles.
• Compare the prevalence of specific actor perspectives, such as 'spouse' or 'government', mentioned in the reports.
• Assess the rate of 'consultation with independent experts' across different media sources like newspapers versus blogs.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 53 detailed articles with quantitative and qualitative coding.
• Content analysis covers five countries (The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone) for regional perspective.
• Inter-coder reliability was assessed for quantitative analysis to ensure consistency.

Limitations

• Small sample size of 53 articles limits statistical power for subgroup analysis.
• Geographic bias is present, with 75% of articles from Nigeria.
• Temporal coverage is limited, with 30% of articles from a single year (2023).

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Kiran Roy.

Collection Method

Content analysis of selected widely read online newspapers and popular blogging sites from five countries.

Time Range

Articles primarily from 2023.

Freshness

Dataset was last updated in April 2026.

Geography

Anglophone West Africa: The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone.