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To evaluate the feasibility, operational barriers, and practical successes of implementing maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response systems across humanitarian crisis settings.

May 7, 2022Conflict and HealthOpen Access

Implementation of maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) in humanitarian settings: insights and experiences of humanitarian health practitioners and global technical expert meeting attendees

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NRNeal RussellMédecins Sans Frontières HTHannah TappisJohns Hopkins University JMJean Paul MwangaKinshasa General Hospital

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Expert consultation reveals barriers and actionable pathways for maternal and perinatal death audits in crisis settings, highlighting the need for adapted, non-punitive guidance.

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To evaluate the feasibility, operational barriers, and practical successes of implementing maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response systems across humanitarian crisis settings.
Conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with humanitarian health practitioners and global technical experts.
Synthesized findings during a multi-agency global consultation convened in October 2019 by WHO, UNICEF, CDC, Save the Children, UNFPA, and UNHCR.
Implementation is severely impeded by crisis-amplified barriers, including security risks to healthcare workers, moral distress, overburdened facilities, politicization of death counts, and punitive environments that penalize reporting.
Effective non-punitive audit reviews demonstrated qualitative success by uncovering preventable clinical failures, driving local quality-of-care improvements, and supporting targeted health advocacy.

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Russell et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a18fa291d64db491ad307c3 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-022-00440-6

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Expert consultation reveals barriers and actionable pathways for maternal and perinatal death audits in crisis settings, highlighting the need for adapted, non-punitive guidance.

Implementation of maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) in humanitarian settings: insights and experiences of humanitarian health practitioners and global technical expert meeting attendees

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Implementation of maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) in humanitarian settings: insights and experiences of humanitarian health practitioners and global technical expert meeting attendees

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