TABLE 1.

Summary of the Implementation Status of Maternal Death Surveillance and Response in 2020

Already Established	To Be Established
Installation of a national review committee (MaMS) and a maternal health mortality reduction steering committee Coordination framework and terms of references Institutional MDSR focal points designated and trained in surveillance and active case detection Quality-of-care working group operational	National policy for notification of maternal deaths Official installation of committee MaMS and the 4 working groups for maternal health, reinforce the health promotion and perinatal data working group^a Facility-based audits of every case, organized by MDSR focal points Verbal autopsies by MDSR focal points^b Specialized assessors for facility audit preparation (nurses, doctors) and external audits (BOG) Timely dissemination of recommendations Monitoring and evaluation

Already Established

To Be Established

Installation of a national review committee (MaMS) and a maternal health mortality reduction steering committee
Coordination framework and terms of references
Institutional MDSR focal points designated and trained in surveillance and active case detection
Quality-of-care working group operational

National policy for notification of maternal deaths
Official installation of committee MaMS and the 4 working groups for maternal health, reinforce the health promotion and perinatal data working group^a
Facility-based audits of every case, organized by MDSR focal points
Verbal autopsies by MDSR focal points^b
Specialized assessors for facility audit preparation (nurses, doctors) and external audits (BOG)
Timely dissemination of recommendations
Monitoring and evaluation

Abbreviations: BOG, Bureau of Public Health; MaMS, Maternal Mortality Suriname; MDSR, Maternal Death Surveillance and Response.
↵a Perinatal data working group was installed, but only sporadically active.
↵b Only incidentally performed until now.