Background The burden of maternal mortality in resource limited countries is still huge
despite being at the top of the global public health agenda for over the last 20 years. We …

Objectives Efforts to scale-up maternal and child health services in lower and middle income
countries will fail if services delivered are not of good quality. Although there is evidence of …

Efforts to improve the lives of women and children around the world have intensified since
world leaders adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration in September 2000 and …

" The original targets for these Goals were a two-thirds reduction in the mortality of children
under 5 and a three-quarters reduction in the maternal mortality ratio between 1990 and …

AbstractOver the last few decades, maternal health has been a major focus of the
international community and this has resulted in a substantial decrease in maternal mortality …

Injury is a major public health problem. Each year, 5.8 million people die from injury, and
many more are disabled. The burden is especially high in low-income and middle-income …

Background This paper reports on a systematic literature review exploring the importance of
human resources in the quality of emergency obstetric care and thus in the reduction of …

There is a broad consensus and evidence that shows qualified, accessible, and responsive
human resources for health (HRH) can make a major impact on the health of the …

Objectives To assess the factors associated with the use of health professionals for delivery
following the implementation of a free obstetric care policy in the poorest regions of Ghana …

Background Quality improvement (QI) programs are an integral part of well-developed
trauma systems. However, they have not been extensively implemented globally. To …