Supporting countries to strengthen MPDSR throughout the healthcare system

The Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, WHO Geneva and USAID’s MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership launched the Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) Capacity Building Materials. This package was jointly developed by MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership, WHO, UNFPA and UNICEF and is updated to reflect the latest evidence and guidance on MPDSR.


This webinar shared capacity building plans across different regions to improve MPDSR implementation at the facility level. Speakers shared their experience of developing an MPDSR capacity building programme at country and regional level and the opportunity this provided to address MPDSR implementation gaps. This webinar included discussions on the structure of the capacity building programme and how it was used and monitored to establish MPDSR facilitators at country level.

This webinar was hosted by the Network for Improving the Quality of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, with the World Health Organization, Geneva and USAID’s MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership.

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    Dr Anshu Banerjee, Director, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, WHO Geneva Ms Suzanne Stalls, Director, Maternal & Newborn Health, USAID's MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership Dr Kusum Thapa, Senior Technical Advisor, USAID's MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership Dr Anoma Jayathilaka, Medical Officer, Maternal and Reproductive Health, WHO Regional Office for South East Asia Dr Vanita Jain, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh, India and MPDSR Master facilitator