Heemelaar, Steffie http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1172-4237
Callard, Beatrix http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4784-5428
Shikwambi, Hilma
Ellmies, Jana
Kafitha, Wilhelmina
Stekelenburg, Jelle http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2732-6620
van den Akker, Thomas http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9890-9145
Mackenzie, Shonag http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2156-5524
Article History
Accepted: 1 September 2023
First Online: 30 September 2023
Declarations
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: The authors report no conflict of interest.
: Data were collected as part of routine quality improvement efforts and therefore no informed consent was obtained from study participants and no ethics approval was needed from the research unit of the Ministry of Health and Social Services of Namibia. During the review process and write up of this paper, we adhered to the ethical standards of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: Not applicable as maternal mortality data were collected as part of routine quality improvement efforts.
: Permission for publication was obtained from the Ministry of Health and Social Services, reference 17/3/3FT.