Evaluation of the Maternal Mortality Surveillance System, The Gambia, 2022
Introduction: Surveillance is critical in tracking maternal deaths, particularly in Africa. As a result, we evaluated The Gambia's Maternal Mortality Surveillance System to determine its usefulness and to assess some of its system attributes. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study and...
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| author | Abdoulie Sonko Peter Adebayo Adewuyi Mary Grey-Johnson Maimuna Badjie Chukwuma David Umeokonkwo Lamin Saidyfaye |
| author_facet | Abdoulie Sonko Peter Adebayo Adewuyi Mary Grey-Johnson Maimuna Badjie Chukwuma David Umeokonkwo Lamin Saidyfaye |
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| description | Introduction: Surveillance is critical in tracking maternal deaths, particularly in
Africa. As a result, we evaluated The Gambia's Maternal Mortality Surveillance
System to determine its usefulness and to assess some of its system attributes.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study and interviewed stakeholders in the
maternal mortality surveillance system in The Gambia. Using a self-administered
questionnaire prepared from the CDC updated guideline for surveillance system
evaluation, means and standard deviations (SD), frequencies and proportions were
calculated. We scored "0" for findings that do not support the attribute assessed and
"1" for key findings that support it and were summarized in proportions for scoring.
Proportions of responses were scored as good (≥80%), fair (50-79%), and poor (<50%)
for each attribute. Results: Of the 25 surveillance officers interviewed, 88% (22) were
males, the median age was 37 (IQR 31-40) years, and 52% (13) were between the ages
of 31 and 40 years inclusive. Fifty-two per cent (13) had no surveillance training, while
48% (12) were trained in surveillance. The maternal mortality surveillance system was
useful (82%), fairly flexible (60%), fairly timely (50%), fairly representative (55%), and
fairly stable (68%), but data quality and completeness were poor (37%).
Conclusion: The Gambia's maternal death surveillance system was found to be useful.
The quality of data and completeness of reporting were poor, while the timeliness,
flexibility, and representativeness of the surveillance system need to be improved. We
recommend sensitizing health workers on ensuring data quality and completing their
reports. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7359e07611ac431d88fcef2083578e492025-08-20T03:48:14ZengAfrican Field Epidemiology NetworkJournal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health2664-28242024-04-0172https://doi.org/10.37432/jieph.2024.7.2.112Evaluation of the Maternal Mortality Surveillance System, The Gambia, 2022Abdoulie Sonko0Peter Adebayo Adewuyi1Mary Grey-Johnson2Maimuna Badjie3Chukwuma David Umeokonkwo4Lamin Saidyfaye5Gambia Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Banjul, The Gambia; Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Banjul, The GambiaGambia Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Banjul, The GambiaGambia Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Banjul, The GambiaMinistry of Health and Social Welfare, Banjul, The GambiaLiberia Field Epidemiology Training Program, Monrovia, LiberiaMinistry of Health and Social Welfare, Banjul, The GambiaIntroduction: Surveillance is critical in tracking maternal deaths, particularly in Africa. As a result, we evaluated The Gambia's Maternal Mortality Surveillance System to determine its usefulness and to assess some of its system attributes. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study and interviewed stakeholders in the maternal mortality surveillance system in The Gambia. Using a self-administered questionnaire prepared from the CDC updated guideline for surveillance system evaluation, means and standard deviations (SD), frequencies and proportions were calculated. We scored "0" for findings that do not support the attribute assessed and "1" for key findings that support it and were summarized in proportions for scoring. Proportions of responses were scored as good (≥80%), fair (50-79%), and poor (<50%) for each attribute. Results: Of the 25 surveillance officers interviewed, 88% (22) were males, the median age was 37 (IQR 31-40) years, and 52% (13) were between the ages of 31 and 40 years inclusive. Fifty-two per cent (13) had no surveillance training, while 48% (12) were trained in surveillance. The maternal mortality surveillance system was useful (82%), fairly flexible (60%), fairly timely (50%), fairly representative (55%), and fairly stable (68%), but data quality and completeness were poor (37%). Conclusion: The Gambia's maternal death surveillance system was found to be useful. The quality of data and completeness of reporting were poor, while the timeliness, flexibility, and representativeness of the surveillance system need to be improved. We recommend sensitizing health workers on ensuring data quality and completing their reports.https://www.afenet-journal.net/content/article/7/21/full/data qualitytimelinessmortalityattributesindicatorrespondents |
| spellingShingle | Abdoulie Sonko Peter Adebayo Adewuyi Mary Grey-Johnson Maimuna Badjie Chukwuma David Umeokonkwo Lamin Saidyfaye Evaluation of the Maternal Mortality Surveillance System, The Gambia, 2022 Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health data quality timeliness mortality attributes indicator respondents |
| title | Evaluation of the Maternal Mortality Surveillance System, The Gambia, 2022 |
| title_full | Evaluation of the Maternal Mortality Surveillance System, The Gambia, 2022 |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of the Maternal Mortality Surveillance System, The Gambia, 2022 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the Maternal Mortality Surveillance System, The Gambia, 2022 |
| title_short | Evaluation of the Maternal Mortality Surveillance System, The Gambia, 2022 |
| title_sort | evaluation of the maternal mortality surveillance system the gambia 2022 |
| topic | data quality timeliness mortality attributes indicator respondents |
| url | https://www.afenet-journal.net/content/article/7/21/full/ |
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