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Table 2 Characteristics of the participants

From: Eight-year experience of maternal death surveillance in Morocco: qualitative study of stakeholders’ views at a subnational level

Characteristics (N = 31)

N

Age (years)

30 – 40

8

40 – 50

15

50 – 60

8

Gender

M

17

F

14

Number of participants by health region

R-(A)

8

R-(B)

9

R-(C)

5

R-(D)

9

Length of service (Number of years)

 < 10

4

10 – 15

5

15 – 20

8

 ≥ 20

14

Function

Regional health director (RHD)a

3

Hospital director

1

District health director (DHD)b

1

Head of public health and epidemiological surveillance service (PHESS)

4

Head of the regional health observatory (RHO)

4

Head of health care service (HCS)

1

Maternal health program manager

8

Healthcare provider

7

Health facility network service (HFNS) managerc

2

Professional profile

OB-GYN

4

Midwife

6

General practitioner (GP)

9

Nurse

3

Pediatrician

1

Public health specialist

6

Statistician

1

System and network engineer

1

Involvement in MDSS (Number of years)

1 – 3

6

3 – 6

8

6 – 8

17

Role in MDSS

Regional MDSS coordinatord (RCo)

5

District MDSS coordinatore(DCo)

5

Member of the RC-MDRf

13

Member of the Regional Task Force (RTF)g

9

  1. aThe RHD is the top-level manager in charge of determining and implementing health and social protection policies in his/her region
  2. bDHD is responsible for deciding and implementing an action plan designed for health and social protection of the population of the district
  3. cHFNS is a district-level department in charge of planning and implementing public health programs at the local level
  4. dThe RCo is officially appointed to monitor MDSS activities in the health region and serve as the RC-MDR secretary. He or she is usually the maternal health program manager who is attached to the public health surveillance service
  5. eThe DCo is designated for collecting data on maternal deaths at the district level
  6. fRC-MDR is a multidisciplinary committee in the health region that performs reviews and identifies contributing factors to maternal deaths. It is representative of OB-GYNs, midwives, AN-REs, GP, and public health. Based on analysis and interpretation of aggregated findings from reviews, the RC-MDR develop recommendations and writes the regional confidential enquiry report to be shared amongst stakeholders involved in maternal health
  7. gRTF is a steering group established in 2017 to implement regional action plans designed to eliminate preventable deaths among mothers, newborns, and children under the age of five. It is managed by the RHD and is composed of district and health region managers (DHD, hospital directors, HFNS managers, Head of PHESS, etc.), expert members as well as MOH officials