Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of lay health worker programmes to improve access to maternal and child health: Qualitative evidence synthesis
This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To explore factors affecting the implementation of lay health worker programmes for maternal and child health. The review has the following specific objectives: to identify, appraise and synthesise qualitative research evidence on barriers and facilitators to the implementation […]
Access to Maternal Health Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences of Indigent Mothers and Health Care Providers in Kilifi County, Kenya
COVID-19 has spread rapidly in Kenya and has not spared pregnant women. Evidence from Kenya shows that during the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems have been either stressed to their maximum capacity or are becoming overwhelmed. However, the population is advised not to attend hospital unless strictly necessary, and this advice seems to apply to all, […]
Assessment of Interventions in Primary Health Care for Improved Maternal, New-born and Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review
Primary health care (PHC) holds great potentials to improve maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) outcomes. However, there has been limited documentation of its effects on increasing universal access to maternal, newborn, and child health services in sub-Saharan Africa. Also, not adequately known are the most effective interventions to improve the delivery of PHC services […]
Removing financial barriers to access reproductive, maternal and newborn health services: The challenges and policy implications for human resources for health
Background: The last decade has seen widespread retreat from user fees with the intention to reduce financial constraints to users in accessing health care and in particular improving access to reproductive, maternal and newborn health services. This has had important benefits in reducing financial barriers to access in a number of settings. If the policies […]
Improving access to and use of maternal health services during COVID-19: Experience from a health system strengthening project in Guinea
The purpose of this study was to document the experience of health providers’ capacity strengthening during health crises and the contribution of such to the health system and the population resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea. We conducted a cross-sectional study using routine data collected from 41 health facilities in the […]
Barriers and facilitators of access to maternal services for women with disabilities: Scoping review protocol
Background: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emphasises the increasing equitable coverage of quality health care and provision of integrated services as means of reducing maternal mortality. Despite so much effort being placed on improved access to maternity health care, studies show that women with disabilities are being systemically excluded from the mainstream maternal health services. […]
Stakeholders’ perspectives on facilitators of and barriers to the utilisation of and access to maternal health services in Eritrea: A qualitative study
Background: Wars affect maternal health services by destroying health systems. Eritrea experienced two wars with neighbouring Ethiopia. Despite this, the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in Eritrea fell by 69% from 1590 per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 501 in 2015. This study aimed to examine facilitators of and barriers to the utilisation of and […]
Access factors linked to maternal deaths in Lundazi district, Eastern Province of Zambia: A case control study analysing maternal death reviews
Background: Access factors associated with maternal death are important to understand because they are considered to be an essential measure of women’s health and indicative of the performance of health care systems in any community globally. This study aimed to analyse the access risk factors linked to maternal deaths in Lundazi district of the Eastern […]
