Practice of death surveillance and response for maternal, newborn and child health: A framework and application to a South African health district
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Date
2021
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Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group
Abstract
To assess the functioning of maternal, perinatal,
neonatal and child death surveillance and response (DSR)
mechanisms at a health district level.A framework of elements covering analysis of
causes of death, and processes of review and response
was developed and applied to the smallest unit of
coordination (subdistrict) to evaluate DSR functioning. The
evaluation design was a descriptive qualitative case study,
based on observations of DSR practices and interviews.
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Keywords
Death surveillance, Maternal, Newborn and child health, Health district, South Africa
Citation
Mukinda, F. K. et al. (2021). Practice of death surveillance and response for maternal, newborn and child health: A framework and application to a South African health district. BMJ Open, 11(5), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043783