10:00 – 11:30 GMT-4 / 16:00 – 17:30 CEST

Despite progress, women continue dying during and following pregnancy and childbirth. A better understanding of the circumstances of maternal deaths can help identify structural issues and other factors impacting women’s well-being and rights. This is the goal of maternal death reporting and review, a quality improvement intervention to reduce maternal mortality within a country’s overall healthcare system. This virtual workshop will mobilize parliamentarians in Latin America and the Caribbean to incorporate maternal mortality reporting and review in national legal frameworks.

The virtual workshop is co-organized by the IPU, the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization. It is open to parliaments of Latin America and the Caribbean and to government representatives. The workshop will take place on the Zoom platform. The languages will be English, French and Spanish.