Establishing a nationwide maternal death and near-miss surveillance system in a low-income country: lessons, prospects and challenges

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria.
• ² Centre for Research in Reproductive Health, Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria.
• ³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
• ⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria.
• ⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross-Rivers State, Nigeria.
• ⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria.
• ⁷ UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.