Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is hosting a consultation on maternal mortality. The CDC Division of Reporductive Health's Enhancing Reviews and Surveillance to Eliminate Maternal Mortailty program supports maternal mortality review committees (MMRCs) to identify and review deaths during and within a year of pregnancy, including documenting prevention opportunities. CDC works with MMRCs to improve review processes that inform recommendations for preventing future deaths. Existing reviews include death during and within a year of pregnancy among American Indian and Alaska Native persons. However ,there are no Tribal MMRCs. Tribal MMRCs could adapt MMRC processes to reflect community priorities and culturally appropriate approaches to maternal mortality prevention; have direct access to their data and determine the use of their data; and provide recommendations relevant to the community made by a tribally appointed committee to prevent pregnancy-related mortality. The CDC would like to learn about tribally led maternal health improvement work from tribal leaders, tribal citizens, urban indian organizations, tribal health care providers, tribal serving ogranizations, and others working in tribal maternal health, to inform a sustainable funding initiatve for tribal nations and tribal serving organizations.