The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners in the maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) technical working group are working together to strengthen implementation of MPDSR to enhance the quality of maternal and perinatal care and improve health outcomes.

This panel will share practical solutions and innovative approaches to tackle challenges in documenting the contributory factors leading to the deaths of women and their babies at facility, national, and regional levels in the MPDSR implementation. Experiences will draw from the African and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) regions specific to health system quality improvements.

The session will actively seek contributions from the audience on what further the WHO with partners and policymakers can do to ensure further improvement and implementation of the MPDSR cycle at country and global levels.