Uganda, March 12 -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has tasked the government of Uganda to increase reviews of hospital deaths and ensure greater accountability to reduce preventable deaths of mothers and newborns.

This is part of the recommendations in the agency's preliminary global report on surveillance and response to deaths of mothers and newborns. It was presented by the WHO officials in Kampala on Monday during the Global Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) Technical Working Group meeting which has attracted delegates from around 17 countries.

Dr Elizabeth Mgamb, the WHO Emergency Preparedness and Response Team Lead in Uganda, said that although Uganda has significantly reduced maternal and newborn...