Background Globally, a total of 13.6 million women have died due to maternal causes from
1990 to 2015. Majority of these deaths occurred in resource-limited countries. Among the …

Background Perinatal mortality remains high globally and remains an important indicator of
the quality of a health care system. To reduce this mortality, it is important to provide the …

Objectives To explore and describe what student midwives, enrolled in one Western
Australian (WA) university, had witnessed, learned and experienced regarding the concept …

Aim: To determine the usage of partograph and explore the issues/challenges in its plotting
at various levels of health facilities Settings and Design: A cross-sectional study was carried …

Background Postpartum hemorrhage is the most common direct cause of maternal mortality
and morbidity; among them, primary postpartum hemorrhages are an enormous element …

Introduction: vital sign monitoring is a key component of safe facility-based obstetric care.
We aimed to assess quality of care around vital sign monitoring during obstetric …

Abnormalities of labor are the major causes of maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity.
Proper partograph utilization is a key intervention to detect labor abnormalities and …

Background The period around childbirth and the first 24 hours postpartum remains a
perilous time for both mother and newborn. Health care providers' compliance to the World …

Background A partograph is a pictorial representation of the relationship between cervical
dilatation and the time used to diagnose prolonged and obstructed labor. However, the …

Background The partogram or partograph is a tool used to monitor the progress of labour
and serves as a diagnostic tool for labour-related abnormalities such as prolonged labour …