Predictors of maternal and newborn health service utilization across the continuum of care in Ethiopia: A multilevel analysis
Background The continuum of care for maternal and newborn health is a systematic approach for delivery of an integrated effective package of life-saving interventions throughout pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum as well as across levels of service delivery to women and newborns. Nonetheless, in low-income countries, coverage of these interventions across the life cycle continuum is […]
Persistence of the inverse care law in maternal health service utilization: An examination of antenatal care and hospital delivery in ghana
The gap in maternal health outcomes, access and utilization between the haves and have-nots continues to be a challenge globally despite improvements over the past decade. Though Ghana has experienced steady gains in maternal health access and utilization over the years, maternal out-comes, on the other hand, remain poor. In this regard, it is essential […]
Challenges women with disability face in accessing and using maternal healthcare services in Ghana: A qualitative study
Background: While a number of studies have examined the factors affecting accessibility to and utilisation of healthcare services by persons with disability in general, there is little evidence about disabled women’s access to maternal health services in low-income countries and few studies consult disabled women themselves to understand their experience of care and the challenges […]
Maternal mortality in Libreville, Gabon: Assessment and challenges
Objective: To analyze the course over time of the rates and causes of maternal mortality in Libreville, Gabon. Material and methods: This prospective descriptive study covers the 6-year period from January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2006. It was performed at the Libreville Hospital Center (LCH) maternity ward, the leading obstetrical care facility in the […]
Women’s Perceptions of the Causes of Maternal Mortality: Qualitative Evidence From Nsukka, Nigeria.
There have been reports of growing rate of maternal mortality in most rural areas in Nigeria. This study examined women’s perception of the causes of maternal mortality in Nsukka, a semi-urban area in South Eastern Nigeria. the study seeks to find out what rural women know about maternal mortality. Qualitative research design was adopted for […]
Can managers empower nurse-midwives to improve maternal health care? A comparison of two resource-poor hospitals in Tanzania
Maternal mortality is very high in Tanzania. Competent hospital care is key to improving maternal outcomes, but there is a crisis of availability and performance of health workers in maternal care. This article uses interviews with managers, nurse-midwives, and women who had given birth in two hospitals providing virtually all the emergency maternal care in […]
Using mobile transport vouchers to improve access to skilled delivery
Introduction: Reducing maternal death remains a challenge in many low-income countries. Preventing maternal deaths depends significantly on the presence of a skilled birth attendant at child delivery. The main objective of this study was to find out whether use of mobile transport vouchers would result in an increased number of pregnant women choosing to deliver […]
Poor quality for poor women? Inequities in the quality of antenatal and delivery care in Kenya
Background: Quality of healthcare is an important determinant of future progress in global health. However, the distributional aspects of quality of care have received inadequate attention. We assessed whether high quality maternal care is equitably distributed by (1) mapping the quality of maternal care in facilities located in poorer versus wealthier areas of Kenya; and […]
Mortalidade em recém-nascidos de baixo peso ao nascer: Limites e desafios para o acesso universal
Objective: To analyze neonatal mortality of newborns with low birth weight from Angola and the limits of and challenges for the promotion of universal access to health in local context. Method: This is a descriptive retrospective study based on secondary data of hospital records of 2,100 low-birth-weight infants in Angola from 2007 to 2013. Results: […]
Completion of the maternal continuum of care and its association with antenatal care attendance during previous pregnancy among women in rural areas of the Gurage Zone, Southwest Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study
Objective The maternal continuum of care is a cost-effective intervention to prevent pregnancy and childbirth-related maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of completion of the maternal continuum of care and its association with antenatal care (ANC) attendance during previous pregnancy among women in rural kebeles of Gurage Zone, […]
