Wealth-related inequity in the use of maternal healthcare services continues to be a substantial problem in most low- and middle-income countries. One strategic approach to increase the use of appropriate maternal healthcare services is to encourage the expansion of the role of the private sector. However, critics of such an approach argue that increasing the role of the private sector will lea...

Background In order to further reduce the maternal mortality ratio, India needs to narrow down the social inequity in the use of maternal healthcare services. This study quantifies the contribution of factors explaining the average gap in the use of full antenatal care, medical assistance at delivery and postnatal check-ups between Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SCs/STs) and the remaining p...

Although maternal mortality is a significant global health issue, achievements in mortality decline to date have been inadequate. A review of the interventions targeted at maternal mortality reduction demonstrates that most developing countries face tremendous challenges in the implementation of these interventions, including the availability of unreliable data and the shortage in human and fin...

The persistent high occurrence of maternal and child morbidity and mortality especially in SubSaharan African societies still reflects that much ground is yet to be covered on maternal and child healthcare. The study therefore, investigates the socio-cultural factors that influence the utilization of MCH. The study uses triangulation of a structured questionnaire and an in-depth interview in da...

Påfs, J. 2016. The Quest for Maternal Survival in Rwanda. Paradoxes in Policy and Practice from the Perspective of Near-Miss Women, Recent Fathers and Healthcare Providers. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1275. 91 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9747-7. Rwanda has made significant progress in decreasing the numbe...

Background: Patient and parent satisfaction is a significant indicator for the evaluation of quality of care in healthcare systems. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of sociodemographic characteristics on the satisfaction of the parents of newborns admitted in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in maternity and infant disease hospitals. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on ...

BACKGROUND Healthcare behavior occurs within the context of the family unit. Little research has investigated the influences among adult family members regarding their use of medical care services. OBJECTIVES To investigate the effects of maternal attendance patterns and maternal self-assessed health status on those of adult children. METHODS This study was a retrospective cohort, analyzing...

OBJECTIVE To describe our experience of a complex training intervention to introduce effective perinatal care, evidence-based medicine, national confidential enquiries into maternal deaths, and facility-based near-miss case reviews in the Central Asian Republics. METHODS We describe our experiences from training sessions and report on findings from data extraction from patient records, patien...

BACKGROUND Maternal influenza immunization has gained traction as a strategy to diminish maternal and neonatal mortality. However, efforts to vaccinate pregnant women against influenza in developing countries will require substantial investment. We present cost-effectiveness estimates of maternal influenza immunization based on clinical trial data from Bamako, Mali. METHODS We parameterized a...

People living in rural areas in developing nations have limited access to quality healthcare. According to a recent United Nations report, most developing nations will not reach their millennium development goals related to maternal and child care. Lack of infrastructure creates a challenge in deploying information and communication technologies (ICT) to extend the reach of healthcare to rural ...