Objective To assess the socioeconomic, geographical and demographic inequities in the
use of postnatal health-care services in low-and middle-income countries. Methods We …

Background Disparities in health services utilization within and between regional states of
countries with diverse socio-cultural and economic conditions such as Ethiopia is a frequent …

Reducing maternal and child mortality is a priority in the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs), and will likely remain so after 2015. Evidence exists on the investments …

Background To reduce financial barriers to access, and improve access to and use of skilled
maternal and newborn healthcare services, the government of Ghana, in 2003, implemented …

To assess social inequalities in the use of antenatal care (ANC), facility based delivery
(FBD), and modern contraception (MC) in two contrasting groups of countries in sub …

Background Inequities in maternal health services utilization constitute a major challenge in
maternal mortality reduction in Ethiopia. We sought to assess magnitude, trends, and …

Background: The role of gender inequities in explaining women's access to reproductive
health care was examined in four countries (two sub-Saharan African and two South Asian …

Abstract Background The fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG5) aims at improving
maternal health. Globally, the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) declined from 400 to 260 per …

Abstract Background Inappropriate use of Caesarean Section (CS) delivery is partly to
blame for Ghana's high maternal mortality rate. However, previous research offered mixed …

Background The progress in coverage of maternal health services in Ethiopia has been
rather slow over the past decade and consequently the maternal mortality ratio was very …