Background. In sub‐Saharan Africa, there is high coverage of the recommended four or
more times antenatal care (ANC) visits during pregnancy without complications; …

Abstract Background In Tanzania, more than 90% of all pregnant women attend antenatal
care at least once and approximately 62% four times or more, yet less than five in ten …

BACKGROUND Georgia is the first developing country in the world to have established a
national digital, medical birth registry. The Georgia Birth Registry was officially inaugurated …

Assessing the magnitude and etiologies of perinatal deaths and their risk factors begins with
accurately defining and reporting these deaths. This chapter examines to what extent births …

Background. Despite the high antenatal care attendance rate in Ghana, skilled birth
attendance is relatively low. There is limited evidence on whether antenatal care attendance …

Background Maternal mortality remains high in sub-Saharan Africa. Health facility intra-
partum strategies with skilled birth attendance have been shown to be most effective to …

Background Thousands of women and newborns still die preventable deaths from
pregnancy and childbirth-related complications in poor settings. Delivery with a skilled birth …

Background Antenatal care (ANC) clinics serve as key gateways to screening and treatment
interventions that improve pregnancy outcomes, and are especially important for HIV …

Background Within-country inequalities in birth registration coverage (BRC) have been
documented according to wealth, place of residence and other household characteristics …

Background Uganda, a low resource country, implemented the skilled attendance at birth
strategy, to meet a key target of the 5th Millenium Development Goal (MDG), 75% reduction …