On International Women’s Day 2022, March 8, 2022, the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, WHO Geneva and the Network for Improving the Quality of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health hosted a webinar to share Sierra Leone’s experience in addressing preventable maternal and perinatal deaths during pregnancy and childbirth by implementing the MPDSR system.

Speakers shared their experiences, and actions taken in order to have a functioning MPDSR system also serving as a monitoring tool to lower  inequalities. A panel comprised of representatives from Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone discussed the challenges faced, solutions sought and future opportunities for Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) to improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes.

This webinar was hosted by the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, WHO Geneva and the Network for Improving the Quality of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.