Male partners’ views of involvement in maternal healthcare services at Makhado Municipality clinics, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Background: Male partners have a strong influence on pregnant partners’ health and their access to care. Their involvement is critical in the delivery and uptake of maternal healthcare services and improving maternal and child health outcomes. Aim: The study sought to determine male partners’ views on their involvement in maternal healthcare services. Setting: The Makhado […]

Dietary diversity among school age children in Merawi town, Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2018: A community based cross-sectional study

Background: Malnutrition with its constituents of protein energy malnutrition and micro-nutrient deficiencies continues to be a major health burden in low and middle-income countries. To end all forms of malnutrition, we need to address poverty, which is associated with the insecure supply of food and diversified nutrition. The objective of this study was to determine […]

Child nutrition and farm input subsidies: The complementary role of early healthcare and nutrition programs in Malawi

Despite significant efforts to improve under-nutrition, the prevalence of low height-for-age in the world’s population remains high. It is highest in sub-Saharan Africa, where extensive early childhood nutrition programs, and the reintroduction of the farm input subsidy program have not significantly altered under-nutrition. Empirical evidence shows that early-life nutrition interventions have limited effects in the […]

Improving coverage of postnatal care in rural Ethiopia using a community-based, collaborative quality improvement approach

Introduction: Ethiopia has high maternal and neonatal mortality and low use of skilled maternity care. The Maternal and Newborn Health in Ethiopia Partnership (MaNHEP), a 3.5-year learning project, used a community collaborative quality improvement approach to improve maternal and newborn health care during the birth-to-48-hour period. This study examines how the promotion of community maternal […]

Addressing the third delay in saving mothers, giving life districts in Uganda and Zambia: Ensuring adequate and appropriate facility-based maternal and perinatal health care

Background: Saving Mothers, Giving Life (SMGL) is a 5-year initiative implemented in participating districts in Uganda and Zambia that aimed to reduce deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth by targeting the 3 delays to receiving appropriate care: seeking, reaching, and receiving. Approaches to addressing the third delay included adequate health facility infrastructure, specifically sufficient equipment […]

Strengthening maternal and newborn health in rural Ethiopia: Early results from frontline health worker community maternal and newborn health training

Objective: to describe early results from the Community Maternal and Newborn Health (CMNH) training programme of the Maternal and Newborn Health in Ethiopia Partnership (MaNHEP) project. Design: a non-experimental, descriptive design was employed to assess training implementation. Setting: six rural districts of Amhara and Oromiya regions, Ethiopia. Participants: 91 Health Extension Workers (HEWs) and 626 […]

Strengthening public health priority-setting through research on fistula, maternal health, and health inequities

Objective: Findings from 4 studies conducted by the Women’s Dignity Project and partners on the subjects of obstetric fistula, maternal mortality and morbidity, and health inequities are presented. Methods: The studies include qualitative and quantitative research, a survey, and an analysis of secondary data that examine women’s experiences of fistula; constraints in service delivery for […]

Assessing equity of access and affordability of care among South Sudanese refugees and host communities in two districts in Uganda: a cross-sectional survey

Background: The vast majority of refugees are hosted in low and middle income countries (LMICs), which are already struggling to finance and achieve universal health coverage for their own populations. While there is mounting evidence of barriers to health care access facing refugees, there is more limited evidence on equity in access to and affordability […]

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