[Is the fight against maternal mortality in Burkina Faso adapted to reduce the three delays?].

Objective: Maternal mortality remains high in Burkina Faso despite numerous interventions designed to reduce this mortality. It therefore appeared important to analyse attempts to lower maternal mortality in Burkina Faso over the last fifteen years in order to identify the strengths and weaknesses and to improve the national programme.

Methods: Analysis according to the ?three delays? model using the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats method was conducted.