About This Unit
The unit operates maternal mortality surveillance, confidential death enquiries, SAMM surveillance, and reproductive age female death notification systems.
Key Activities
- Conducting confidential inquiries into maternal deaths.
- Implementing surveillance for severe acute maternal morbidity (SAMM).
- Establishing notification systems for reproductive age female deaths.
- Strengthening surveillance on antenatal and postnatal morbidity.
- Monitoring birth defects through surveillance systems.
- Developing linkages with databases like the Registrar General's Department to enhance mortality and morbidity tracking.