Objectives Maternal and neonatal healthcare outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remain
poor despite decades of different health service delivery interventions and stakeholder …

Traditional medicine has the potential to boost the health and economies of many SSA
countries, especially if regulatory mechanisms are deployed to govern their protection and …

Background Maternal and neonatal morbidities and mortalities have received much
attention over the years in sub-Saharan Africa; yet addressing them remains a profound …

Abstract Background In Zimbabwe women still initiate antenatal care (ANC) after twelfth
weeks of pregnancy. Few women return for repeat visits. Early and timely ANC ensure early …

Background Having a birth attendant with midwifery skills during childbirth is an effective
intervention to reduce maternal and early neonatal morbidity and mortality. Nevertheless …

Objective The purpose of this study was to explore why some women who attend focused
antenatal care (FANC) fail to deliver in health facilities from slums of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia …

Background Understanding how policies lead to changes in health systems and in practice
helps policymakers and researchers to intervene more successfully. Yet identifying all the …

Background Birth before arrival (BBA) constitutes a high-risk newborn population with high
perinatal morbidity and mortality. In Ethiopia, most studies and health surveys consider only …

International Sustainable Development Goals set ambitious elimination targets for hepatitis
B virus (HBV) infection by 2030. We here set out to review barriers, challenges and …

The purpose of this research was to explore and to describe the experiences of mothers who
give birth before arrival at a maternity unit in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipal area in …