Assessment and obstetric care quality in Mozambique by perinatal audit

ABSTRACT

The experiences of audit activities initiated in an interdepartmental collaboration between obstetrics and pediatrics in MaPuto 1982 are presented. While total perinatal mortality showed a significant but transient change during the observation period 1982-1991; intrapartum fetal mortality was significantly reduced from 10.9 to 3.4 per thousand. By providing the staff with a visible feed-back regularly staff members were sensitized towards immediate and longterm effects of implemented suveillance routines