Abstract Background The World Health Organization in 2002 recommended a focused
antenatal care model of four visits for women in low‐income countries. Despite the high …

Abstract Background Despite Malawi government's policy to support women to deliver in
health facilities with the assistance of skilled attendants, some women do not access this …

Childbirth information received by mothers during antenatal period influences their
satisfaction with the care during perinatal period. It is important for the midwives to know the …

Methods Secondary data from the 2015-2016 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey
(MDHS) was used for the study. A logistic regression model was used to find the adjusted …

To address its persistently high maternal mortality, the Malawi government has prioritized
strategies promoting skilled birth attendance and institutional delivery. However, in a country …

OBJECTIVE: to investigate perceptions of preterm birth, infections in pregnancy and
perinatal mortality among women, men and health-care providers in Namitambo, Southern …

Background: Antenatal care has been identified as pivotal to improving maternal and child
health in Malawi. Though Malawian women consistently seek antenatal care, they rarely do …

BACKGROUND: The maternal mortality ratio in Sub-Saharan Africa remains high, despite
progress in reducing maternal mortality in other parts of the world. OBJECTIVE: To explore …

Giving labor and childbirth information to first-time mothers is one of the challenges facing
the nurse/midwifery profession in Malawi. There are many underlying health and …

OBJECTIVE: to explore and describe the indigenous beliefs and practices that influence the
attendance of antenatal clinics by women in the Bohlabelo district in Limpopo, South Africa …