National Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) System Annual Report of 2013 EFY

Abstract

Reducing maternal mortality and improving maternal health status is the top priority of the federal ministry of health of Ethiopia, as reflected in the health sector transformation plan and reproductive health strategy for 2014 – 2019 E.C. As part of reducing preventable maternal mortality, Ethiopia introduced the MDSR system as a parallel program under the ministry of health in 2006 then integrated to Public Health Emergency Management system in 2007 E.C. Perinatal death reporting through the PHEM system was also started in 2009 EFY. The MPDSR system has been designed and implemented as integrated into the existing Integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) system in all parts of the country within the existing Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM) system as one among many notifiable cases or events. The MPDSR death notification system has been incorporated into the national District Health Information System (DHIS-2) platform. As a result, the health system is expected to routinely notify each maternal and perinatal death from the community through the DHIS-2 database.