Ending preventable maternal and newborn deaths: Five insights into how to make Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response work

Every passing minute, across the globe, a family’s joy turns to sorrow and mourning in the wake of the tragic loss of a mother or baby due to complications during childbirth or in the immediate postpartum…

cMPDSR Endline Report, Kaduna state, Nigeria

In January 2022, E4A-MamaYe began working with the Kaduna State government and Population and Reproductive Health Initiative (PRHI) to design and implement a sustainable and scalable community Maternal,…

Making every death count

The MANI-QC team supported county health management teams to establish MPDSR systems in Kericho, Kwale, Mombasa, and Nandi counties in Kenya. This brief outlines our approach and results.

How have countries adapted their MPDSR systems during COVID-19?

MPDSR Action Tracker

This Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) Action Tracker has been developed in response to stakeholder demand for a simple tool that enables users to keep track of actions emerging…

Catalysing change in Ethiopia's health system

In 2013, Options’ Evidence 4 Action (E4A) programme supported the Federal Ministry of Health in Ethiopia to introduce a national Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) system. Today, MDSR…