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Implementing Maternal Death Surveillance and Response in Kenya: Incremental Progress and Lessons Learned

Helen Smith, Charles Ameh, Pamela Godia, Judith Maua, Kigen Bartilol, Patrick Amoth, Matthews Mathai and Nynke van den Broek
Global Health: Science and Practice September 2017, 5(3):345-354; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00130
Helen Smith
aCentre for Maternal and Newborn Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
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Charles Ameh
aCentre for Maternal and Newborn Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
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Pamela Godia
bLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine Kenya Office, Nairobi, Kenya.
cKenya National Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response Secretariat, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Judith Maua
bLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine Kenya Office, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Kigen Bartilol
dReproductive Maternal Health Services Unit, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Patrick Amoth
eDivision of Family Health, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Matthews Mathai
aCentre for Maternal and Newborn Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
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Nynke van den Broek
aCentre for Maternal and Newborn Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
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vol. 5 no. 3 345-354
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00130
PubMed 
28963171

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Global Health: Science and Practice
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2169-575X
History 
  • Received: April 6, 2017
  • Accepted: June 26, 2017
  • Published online September 28, 2017.

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© Smith et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00130

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  1. Helen Smitha⇑,
  2. Charles Ameha,
  3. Pamela Godiab,c,
  4. Judith Mauab,
  5. Kigen Bartilold,
  6. Patrick Amothe,
  7. Matthews Mathaia,
  8. Nynke van den Broeka
  1. aCentre for Maternal and Newborn Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
  2. bLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine Kenya Office, Nairobi, Kenya.
  3. cKenya National Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response Secretariat, Nairobi, Kenya.
  4. dReproductive Maternal Health Services Unit, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya.
  5. eDivision of Family Health, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya.
  1. Correspondence to Helen Smith (Helen.Smith{at}lstmed.ac.uk).
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