Background Little is known about socioeconomic differences in access to life-saving
obstetric surgery, yet access to a caesarean for women is essential to achieve low levels of …

Objective To provide an update on economic related inequalities in caesarean section rates
within countries. Design Secondary analysis of demographic and health surveys and …

Objective To examine temporal trends in caesarean delivery rates in southern Asia and sub-
Saharan Africa, by country and wealth quintile. Methods Cross-sectional data were extracted …

Background Caesarean section prevalence is increasing in Asia and Latin America while
remaining low in most African regions. Caesarean section delivery is effective for saving …

Background The caesarean section (CS) rate continues to increase across high-income,
middle-income and low-income countries. We present current global and regional CS rates …

The pro-caesarean culture began in Brazil in the 1970s and rapidly spread from poor to rich.
It was only by the end of the 1990s that, alarmed by the soaring caesarean rates, the …

This study had a dual purpose of estimating population-and hospital-based caesarean
section rates in 18 Arab countries and examining the association between these rates and …

Introduction. This study aimed to estimate the most recent caesarean section rates in the
world and examine the association between these rates and old and new indicators of …

In this Series paper, we describe the frequency of, trends in, determinants of, and
inequalities in caesarean section (CS) use, globally, regionally, and in selected countries …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe the unequal distribution in the
performance of cesarean section delivery (CS) in the world and the resource-use …