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 …

We reviewed the evidence on the duration, causes and effects of delays in providing
emergency obstetric care to women attending health facilities (the third delay) in low‐and …

Background: Low level of utilisation of maternal health services is a major factor responsible
for high maternal mortality in northwestern region of Nigeria. This study was aimed at …

Background Quality improvement (QI) methods are effective in improving healthcare delivery
using sustainable, collaborative, and cost-effective approaches. Systems-integrated …

Background In Tanzania, maternal mortality ratio (MMR), unmet need for emergency
obstetric care and health inequities across the country are in a critical state, particularly in …

Purpose Modern healthcare is delivered by teams of multidisciplinary professionals.
Conflicts have been widely reported between these professionals in Nigeria. Furthermore …

The referral system is an essential component of district health systems. It is particularly
important in pregnancy care and childbirth for providing access to emergency obstetric care …

Preliminary studies: Focus group discussions and a community survey indicated that
inadequate funds and transport caused delays in deciding to seek emergency obstetric care …

This study explores the role of access versus traditional beliefs in the decision to seek
obstetric care from health professionals. Eighteen purposively sampled homogenous groups …

Objectives To document the frequency of severe obstetric illness, and the intervals between
admission or decision and life‐saving surgery and the factors contributing to delays, which …