BACKGROUND: For the world's 60million non-facility births, addressing who is currently
attending these births and what effect they have on birth outcomes is a key starting point …

Background Our objective was to estimate the effect of various childbirth care packages on
neonatal mortality due to intrapartum-related events (“birth asphyxia”) in term babies for use …

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 …

Abstract Background The Ethiopian neonatal mortality rate constitutes 42% of under-5
deaths. We aimed to examine the trends and determinants of Ethiopian neonatal mortality …

Background Similar to global trends, neonatal mortality has fallen only slightly in Indonesia
over the period 1990–2010, with a high proportion of deaths in the first week of life …

Background Having a health worker with midwifery skills present at delivery is one of the key
interventions to reduce maternal and newborn mortality. We sought to estimate the …

Access to skilled birth attendants and emergency obstetric care are thought to prevent early
neonatal deaths. This study aims to examine the association between the type of delivery …

Background We investigated associations between maternal characteristics, access to care,
and obstetrical complications including near miss status on admission or during …

This study aims to identify the relationship of women's autonomy and intimate partner
violence (IPV) with maternal healthcare service utilization among married women of …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the nature of the relationship between the use of skilled
attendance around the time of delivery and maternal and perinatal mortality. METHODS: We …