Maternal Death Surveillance and Response in Sudan: an evidence-based, context-specific optimisation to improve maternal care

Thesis

Background: Maternal Death Review [MDR] and Maternal Death Surveillance and Response [MDSR] are a compilation of approaches such as verbal autopsy and confidential enquiries. They aim to identify, investigate, and derive lessons from cases of maternal deaths to help prevent future deaths. Prevention efforts or responses can take the form of targeted programmes or policies. In Sudan, MDR/MDSR have been in place for over a decade. However, capturing maternal deaths in the community, w...

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Authors: Altijani Osman Abbakar, N

• Alternative title: Maternal Death Surveillance and Response in Sudan: an evidence-based, context-specific optimisation to improve maternal care.
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Skilled Birth Attendance; Maternal Death Review; Facility births; Sudan; SBA; Maternal Mortality Ratio; Inter-professional collaboration; Maternal Death Surveillance and Response; Midwifery; Midwifery education; MMR; Trends analysis; MDR
• Subjects: Maternal health services