BackgroundMaternal mortality is a global health problem. Most maternal deaths occur due to complications that arise in intra-partum and postpartum periods, mainly post-partum haemorrhage immediately after delivery.ObjectiveThis study aimed assess determinants of institutional delivery service utilization among mothers who gave birth within 1 year before this study, North-western Ethiopia.Method...

BACKGROUND This analysis examined factors associated with non-use of antenatal iron/folic acid supplements in Indonesia. METHODS Data from the 2002/2003 and 2007 Indonesia Demographic and Health Surveys (IDHS) were used, providing survival information for 26,591 most recent deliveries over the five-year period prior to each survey. The main outcome variable was non-use of iron/folic acid supp...

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 encounter. Understanding and taking measures to address unnecessary and avoidable differences in the use of reproductive and maternal health services is a key concern in Ethiopia. The aim of the study was to exam...