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Table 6 Functionality and the perceived roles of MPDR committee members

From: The conduct of maternal and perinatal death reviews in Oyam District, Uganda: a descriptive cross-sectional study

• Community sensitization on benefits of maternal health services to avoid seeking care late

• Creating awareness of other health workers on MPDR

• Review causes and circumstances that lead to maternal and perinatal deaths

• Implementation of suggested recommendations to improve maternal and newborn care

• Follow-up of cases and dissemination of the review findings

• Writing reports and submission of the MPDR reports to the district and ministry of health

  1. The most mentioned responsibility was to review causes and circumstances that lead to maternal and perinatal deaths as sighted by a member of the MPDR committee in the quote “Every month we sit together to review the causes of maternal and perinatal deaths right from the community up to the time of her death and all the services offered to her”. ___KI 5 (In-charge HF)
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