The focal person of the state’s Maternal and Perinatal Deaths Surveillance Review , Mrs Jummai Inuwa, disclosed this at a two-day review meeting in Bauchi.
MPDSR is a form of continuous surveillance that links the health information system and quality improvement processes from local to national levels, which includes routine identification, notification, quantification and determination of causes and the use of such information to prevent future deaths.
The pause and reflection meeting was organised quarterly by the Integrated Health Programme of the United States Agency for International Development to ascertain activities, and identify issues and recommendations to expedite action in health and education sectors in the state. Inuwa said Bauchi State MPDSR recorded 56 maternal and 816 perinatal deaths from July to December 2022. She noted that the MPDSR data is from 123 Primary Healthcare Centres and 20 general hospitals, adding that 31 maternal and 330 perinatal deaths were recorded within the stipulated period.