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African Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | Volume 3 | Issue 1 | 2025 | 24 ORIGINAL RESEARCH African Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | Volume 3 | Issue 1 | 2025 | Maternal deaths due to Pregnancy-Related Sepsis arising from bowel injury: A retrospective folder review from the NCCEMD triennium 2020-2022 in all the provinces who ensured continued seamless notification processes of maternal deaths • The Director-General: Health for enabling the process at the National Department of Health level. • The Deputy Director-General: Health for enabling the process at the National Department of Health level. • The Committee members and the assessors for their continued support in assessing all the maternal deaths notified and producing the Saving Mothers Reports • The secretariat for their unending and supportive efforts even in challenging circumstances • All the members of hospital management and the maternity care service providers for their compliance with the notification process and the commitment to learning from the process to improve the service they provide. Author contributions as part of the secondary analysis permitted by the NCCEMD. There was a striking and disturbing observation of an increase in maternal deaths after bowel injury at CD. This deserved our attention and an in-depth analysis of these deaths. All authors equally contributed to this article. Funding None. Conflicts of interest None. REFERENCES ® ¦ © ¯ ¤ °± ¤ ² ¦ £ ¡ ££ £ £ ¦ ¤ ¤ £ ¡ £ £ ¨ ¨ £ £ « ğ ¡ £ ® £ £ £ ¡ ¬ ¡¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡