Open AccessMoving from maternal death review to surveillance and response: A paradigm shift
Author(s) -
Amrita Kansal,
Suneela Garg,
Malvika Sharma
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_37_18
Subject(s) - maternal death , paradigm shift , christian ministry , maternal health , action (physics) , medicine , environmental health , political science , population , law , health services , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics
In the era of the sustainable development goals, India is committed to reduce its maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per one lakh live births by 2030. An important strategy that was adopted in the Reproductive and Child Health Programme in 2010 was maternal death review. Analysis of the progress so far has brought to light certain gaps which have prompted the paradigm shift toward Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR), which focuses on taking action on information obtained from every maternal death so as to prevent further maternal deaths. The new guidelines on MDSR were released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 2017.