Abstract Background Since 2000, the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals, which
included a goal to improve maternal health by the end of 2015, has facilitated significant …

While the most important factors associated with facility-based delivery (FBD) have been
explored within individual countries in Africa, no systematic review has explored the factors …

Introduction: Utilization of antenatal care, institutional delivery and postnatal care services in
Nigeria are poor even by african average. Methods: We analysed the 2013 Nigeria DHS to …

BACKGROUND: Perinatal mental health disorders are recognised as an important public
health issue in low-income countries as well as in developed countries. This paper reviews …

Objective to explore community and health-care provider attitudes towards maltreatment
during delivery in rural northern Ghana, and compare findings against The White Ribbon …

Abstract Background Although Primary Health Care (PHC) was designed to provide
universal access to skilled pregnancy care for the prevention of maternal deaths, very little is …

Abstract Background While Primary Health Care has been designed to provide universal
access to skilled pregnancy care for the prevention of maternal deaths in Nigeria, available …

Regional variability in facility-based delivery (FBD) rates in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is not
well understood, nor is the relationship between FBD and national maternal and early …

Background: Low level of utilisation of maternal health services is a major factor responsible
for high maternal mortality in northwestern region of Nigeria. This study was aimed at …

Abstract Background In 2015, Nigeria's estimated 317,700 stillbirths accounted for 12.2% of
the 2.6 million estimated global stillbirths. This suggests that Nigeria still makes substantial …