title: Maternal death review in selected countries of South East Asia Region.
abstract: Understanding the underlying factors that led to maternal deaths through a maternal death review (MDR) throws light on the causes, characteristics and circumstances of the death. We reviewed and report on the implementation of MDR in India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka, capturing the experiences of MDR initiatives, follow-up actions and lessons learnet. Overall, while the findings from MDRs have been used to design or change policies and strategies for improvement of services provided, there are still challenges in scaling up these initiatives, particularly in the larger countries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Health and Research, WHO South East Asia Regional Office (SEARO), New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mathur
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Awin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adisasmita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jayaratne
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Myint
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007214:Indonesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D002052:Myanmar / Q000453:epidemiology; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000401:mortality*; D013188:Sri Lanka / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Maternal death; mortality; surveillance