Strengthening Implementation of Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR): Moving from Data to Action
October 15, 2025
Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) supplement in the BMC.
Country action
Kenya
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Ismaziah, a community nurse and midwife, assesses the child’s health and runs through the standard medical protocol checklist.
Every Woman Every Newborn in Kenya
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This profile was developed in May 2023, using data from 2018-2023.
National mortality targets
Maternal mortality ratio
100 per 100,000 live births by 2025
Stillbirth rate
7 PER 1,000 total births by 2023
Neonatal mortality rate
12 per 1,000 live births by 2023
Progress to meet the national maternal, newborn mortality and stillbirth reduction targets
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Progress to meet Every Woman Every Newborn Everywhere coverage targets
MNH Acceleration Plan highlights
- Build or strengthen the capacity of health facilities to implement high-impact maternal and newborn health interventions.
- Map and review the available data at facility and community levels to prioritize interventions.
- Strengthen the collection of routine service delivery data and ensure it is utilized for continuous quality improvement and decision-making.
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Quality of care in Kenya
Kenya is one of the 11 countries that set up the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (Quality of Care Network). Kenya’s successes in improving quality of care for maternal, newborn and child health are essential to help reduce maternal and newborn mortality and stillbirths. These include:
- The adoption of the World Health Organization’s standards to improve quality of maternal and newborn care, small and sick newborns care, and children and young adolescents care in health facilities.
- A focus on addressing post-partum haemorrhage, with the creation of a plan to improve the quality of post-partum haemorrhage prevention, identification, and management.
News and events
New guidelines to address postpartum haemorrhage
October 9, 2025
New recommendations on postpartum haemorrhage
Webinar Series: Strengthening product ecosystems for maternal & newborn health
October 8, 2025
A four-part series on increasing access to quality, life-saving maternal and newborn health products.
Resources
Strengthening Implementation of Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR): Moving from Data to Action
October 16, 2025
A new BMC supplement on Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) looks at what implementation looks like in practice, highlighting research and programmatic
Consolidated guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage
October 9, 2025
Published by the World Health Organization, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) and the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), the guidelines highlight the
Compendium on respectful maternal and newborn care
August 7, 2025
The compendium supports efforts to end mistreatment and achieve respectful maternal and newborn care. It is published by WHO together with UNFPA, UNICEF and the United Nations’ Special Programme on Human Reproduction (HRP), with support from Jhpiego and the MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership programme.