Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review of implementation factors.

ABSTRACT: Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR), or any form of maternal and/or perinatal death review or audit, aims to improve health services and pre-empt future maternal and perinatal deaths. With expansion of MPDSR across low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), we conducted a scoping review to identify and describe implementation factors and their interactions. The review adapted an implementation framework with four domains (intervention, individual, inner and outer settings) and three cross-cutting health systems lenses (service delivery, societal and systems). Literature was sourced from six electronic databases, online searches and key experts. Selection criteria included studies from LMIC published in English from 2004 to July 2018 detailing factors influencing im

SUBMITTER: Kinney MV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8227470 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature