Introduction A continuum of maternal care approach can reduce gaps and missed
opportunities experienced by women and newborns. We determined the level of coverage …

Background Early initiation of antenatal care (ANC) within the first trimester is highly
recommended in the current 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. Mass …

Background Women empowerment has been viewed as a good strategy in the reduction of
global maternal morbidity and mortality. Most of the recent studies in Uganda have focussed …

Background Although quality postnatal care (PNC) is a known significant intervention for
curbing maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality, it is underutilized in most developing …

Background Access to sexual and reproductive health information enables young women to
make appropriate decisions. We examined the association between exposure to family …

Abstract Background Within Sub-Saharan Africa, some countries still report unacceptably
high rates of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality, despite improvements in the …

Background Over the last decade, progress in reducing maternal mortality in Rwanda has
been slow, from 210 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2015 to 203 deaths per 100,000 live …

Background Perinatal mortality remains high globally and remains an important indicator of
the quality of a health care system. To reduce this mortality, it is important to provide the …

Background Health insurance coverage is one of the several measures being implemented
to reduce the inequity in access to quality health services among vulnerable groups …

Objectives Understanding the rural–urban context-specific correlates of skilled birth
attendance (SBA) is important to designing relevant strategies and programmes. This …