title: Guidelines and tools for organizing and conducting maternal death reviews.
abstract: Maternal death reviews (MDRs) provide the multidisciplinary maternity care team with a process to conduct in-depth review of the health care and circumstances surrounding maternal deaths. From these reviews, recommendations to improve care in primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare settings can be made. Practical guidelines and training curricula for MDRs are lacking. To fill this gap, a manual comprising guidelines and tools to help health professionals conduct structured MDRs was developed through the FIGO LOGIC initiative.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Woman and Child Health Research Centre, Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: vdbrouwere@itg.be.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: De Brouwere
authors.affiliation: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Woman and Child Health Research Centre, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zinnen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Woman and Child Health Research Centre, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Thérèse
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Delvaux
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Central Yaoundé, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leke
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D063130:Maternal Death / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy
keywords: FIGO LOGIC initiative; Guidelines; Maternal death review; Quality of care