Providing quality emergency obstetric care (EmOC) reduces the risk of maternal and
newborn mortality and morbidity. There is evidence that over 50% of maternal health …

Highlights•We examine the training packages for emergency obstetric and newborn
care.•There is a need to build the capacity of health-care providers.•Skills-and-drills training …

Objective To determine retention of knowledge and skills after standardised “skills and drills”
training in Emergency Obstetric Care. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Ghana …

Highlights•Misconceptions exist that all obstetric emergency training programmes are
effective.•Effective training is not cheap, but it can be cost-effective.•Local, multi-professional …

Objectives To explore the effect of obstetric emergency training on knowledge. Furthermore,
to assess if acquisition of knowledge is influenced by the training setting or teamwork …

OBJECTIVE: To describe models used for the training of labour ward personnel in acute
obstetric emergencies and to describe how these models have been evaluated and …

Highlights•There has been a shift in focus from individual skills training to team training.•A
refinement of Kirkpatrick's model for evaluating training evidence is proposed.•Emergency …

Please cite this paper as: van Lonkhuijzen L, Dijkman A, van Roosmalen J, Zeeman G,
Scherpbier A. A systematic review of the effectiveness of training in emergency obstetric …

Background Healthcare provider training in Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care
(EmOC&NC) is a component of 65% of intervention programs aimed at reducing maternal …

Background Lack of timely and quality emergency obstetric care (EmOC) has contributed
significantly to maternal morbidity and mortality, particularly in low-and middle-income …