Background Most obstetric complications occur unpredictably during the time of delivery, but
they can be prevented with proper medical care in the health facilities. Despite the Ethiopian …

Background Poor maternal health service utilization is one of the contributing factors to a
high level of maternal and newborn mortality in Ethiopia. The factors associated with …

Background Despite of the existing intensive efforts to improve maternal health in Ethiopia,
the proportion of birth delivered at home remains high and is still the top priority among the …

Background Improving maternal health is one of the eight millennium development goals to
reduce maternal mortality (MM) by three quarters between 1990 and 2015. Institutional …

The low utilization of skilled birth attendants sustained high maternal mortality. The aim of
this study was to assess its magnitude and correlates in Northwest Ethiopia. A study was …

Background Utilization of maternal health care services is key to reducing the number of
perinatal deaths and post-natal complications in sub-Saharan Africa. With a few exceptions …

Background Maternal death outcome remains high in Guinea-Bissau. Delivery-related
complications and maternal mortality could be prevented by increasing women's access to …

Abstract Background In Ethiopia, nearly half of the mothers who were booked for antenatal
care, who supposed to have institutional delivery, gave home delivery nationally. Home …

Background Expanding institutional deliveries is a policy priority to achieve MDG5. India
adopted a policy to encourage facility births through a conditional cash incentive scheme …

Introduction The highest number of maternal deaths occur during labour, delivery and the
first day after delivery highlighting the critical need for good quality care during this period …