The last fifteen years have seen a dramatic increase in both the childbearing age and diversity of women migrating to Canada. The resulting health impact underscores the need to explore access to health services and the related maternal health outcome. This article reports on the results of a scoping review focused on migrant maternal health within the context of accessible and effective health...

BACKGROUND Maternal mortality in much of sub-Saharan Africa is very high whereas there has been a steady decline in over the past 60 years in Europe. Perinatal mortality is 12 times higher than maternal mortality accounting for about 7 million neonatal deaths; many of these in sub-Saharan countries. Many of these deaths are preventable. Countries, like Malawi, do not have the resources nor high...

Public health system in Bangladesh has been struggling to coverage and the utilisation of basic maternal healthcare services in pursuit of achieving maternal and child mortality related goals. Interestingly, the rapid popularization of mobile technology in the country is transforming the landscape of health care access and delivery. However, little is known regarding the use of mobile phones fr...

Objectives To assess a birth registry to explore maternal mortality and morbidity and their association with other factors. Study Design Exploratory multicentre cross-sectional analysis with over 700 thousand childbirths from twelve Latin American and Caribbean countries between 2009 and 2012. The WHO criteria for maternal morbidity were employed to split women, following a gradient of severi...

This paper investigates the factors associated with childhood immunization in Uganda. We used nationally-representative data from Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) of 2006. Both bivariate and multivariate approaches were employed in the analysis. The bivariate approach involved generating average percentages of children who were immunized, with analysis of pertinent background charact...

BACKGROUND There are several factors in the healthcare system that may influence a woman's ability to access appropriate obstetric care. OBJECTIVE To determine the delays/barriers in providing obstetric care to women who classified as a maternal near-miss. METHODS This was a descriptive observational study at Steve Biko Academic Hospital, a tertiary referral hospital in Pretoria, South Afri...

BACKGROUND High-risk infants transitioning from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to home represent a vulnerable population, given their complex care requirements. Little is known about errors during this period. PURPOSE Identify and describe homecare and healthcare utilization errors in high-risk infants following NICU discharge. METHODS This was a prospective observational cohort st...

Background: The maternal mortality ratio of Rakhine State is cited as being the highest level among states Myanmar. In contrast, usage healthcare providers for delivery process at lowest rate in Union. Therefore, this study sought to investigate factors influencing women from receiving postpartum care providers.