Table 2

Participants at community-linked maternal death review (CLMDR) meetings

	Number of meetings with data	Total participants	Average participants per meeting* (range)
Community CLMDR meeting participants
Community members	37	195	5 (1–7)
Group village headman	34	34	1 (1–1)
Community health workers†	34	83	2 (1–4)
Volunteers	32	64	2 (1–4)
Total		376	10 (8–14)
Health facility CLMDR meeting participants
Health facility staff	34	258	8 (1–13)
Health facility in-charge	34	33	1 (0–1)
Community health workers†	33	32	1 (0–1)
Mchinji District hospital representative	33	33	1 (1–1)
Total		356	11 (5–16)
Community feedback meeting participants
Traditional authority	22	3	0 (0–1)
Group village headman	24	21	1 (0–1)
Community health workers†	25	25	1 (1–1)
Health facility representative	26	26	1 (1–1)
Mchinji District hospital representative	25	24	1 (0–1)
MaiMwana representative	21	21	1 (1–1)
Other very important people	17	16	1 (0–1)
Women	25	1283	51 (14–260)
Men	25	860	34 (8–200)
Young people	23	155	7 (0–40)
Total		2434	98 (40–271)