This was the second webinar in a series focused on Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR). This webinar had a specific focus on perinatal death reviews. The experience from WHO’s PAHO region was shared and this includes the experience and lessons learned by implementers in a panel discussion with Guatemala’s MPDSR national committee representatives, the Ministry of Health, Peru and academia from Barbados.

Introduction: Ms Francesca Palestra, WHO Geneva

Part 1: MPDSR with specific focus on perinatal death reviews: Experience and lessons learned from the WHO Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) region

Dr Andres de Francisco, Director of the Department of Family, Health Promotion & Life Course, PAHO

Part 2: Questions & Answers panel discussion:

Facilitated by Dr Pablo Duran, Regional Advisor in Perinatal Health, PAHO

Dr Gustavo Batres Cerezo, Lic. Mario Tipol, Dr Jennifer Annaite Aguirre Morales and Dr Elizabeth Santiago, MPDSR national committee representatives, Guatemala
Dr Mario Izquierdo, Deputy Director, General Directorate of Strategic Interventions in Public Health, Ministry of Health, Peru
Dr Natasha Sobers, Researcher, George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre, Jemmott’s Lane, St. Michael, The University of West Indies, Barbados
Closing remarks: Ms Francesca Palestra, WHO Geneva

This webinar was hosted by the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, WHO Geneva, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Network for Improving the Quality of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.