The Application of Maternal Death Surveillance and Review in Acute Humanitarian Responses
Kate Charlton, Gillian Burkhard, Noortje Rijnberg, Ruth Kauffman, Ali Almohommed, Maura Daly, Huda Abdalla Alhilo, Malaz Hamid Ali Hamid, Roa Abdalla Osman Abo-Elhassan, Khalid Abbaker Adam Ali, Eltahir Adam Eltahir, Faisal Abbas Ibrahim Ahmed, Felipe Van Braak, Jethro Guerina Adingue, Tom Casey, Ky · 2026
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Kate Charlton and a large team present a 2026 discussion of reviewing maternal deaths during acute humanitarian emergencies. Maternal deaths stay unacceptably high worldwide, with poorer countries carrying most of the burden. Armed conflict and crises cut access to safe delivery and reproductive care even further.
Standard surveillance systems track each maternal death, review it, and act on lessons learned. Global guidance does not recommend the full system during the first six months of a crisis, when conditions are most chaotic. The authors argue that reviews in this window are both feasible and critical. They call for adapted guidance built on wider field experience, so emergency responses do not neglect a core quality tool.
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| CREATOR | Kate Charlton, Gillian Burkhard, Noortje Rijnberg, Ruth Kauffman, Ali Almohommed, Maura Daly, Huda Abdalla Alhilo, Malaz Hamid Ali Hamid, Roa Abdalla Osman Abo-Elhassan, Khalid Abbaker Adam Ali, Eltahir Adam Eltahir, Faisal Abbas Ibrahim Ahmed, Felipe Van Braak, Jethro Guerina Adingue, Tom Casey, Ky |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |