Background Almost all maternal deaths and related morbidities occur in low-income
countries. Childbirth supervised by a skilled provider in a health facility is a key intervention …

Background Health facility deliveries are generally associated with improved maternal and
child health outcomes. However, in Uganda, little is known about factors that influence use …

Introduction Maternal mortality remains a global public health issue, more predominantly in
developing countries, and is associated with poor maternal health services utilization …

Background Many childbearing women in sub-Saharan African countries like Guinea still
face challenges accessing and utilizing health facility delivery services and opt to deliver at …

Background Delivery in health facilities is a proxy for skilled birth attendance, which is an
important intervention to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality. We investigated the …

Methods Our sample consisted of 17,542 women aged 15-49 years drawn from 2008
Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey, who had had their last birth in the five years before …

Background: Maternal mortality remains a public health challenge claiming many lives at the
time of giving birth lives. However, there have been scanty studies investigating factors …

Background Over the last two decades, Gambia has made noticeable progress in the
reducing the high maternal mortality rates and improving child survival rates. Nonetheless …

Background Since 2000 considerable attention has been placed on maternal health
outcomes as the 5th Millennium Goal. In Uganda, only 65% of births are delivered by a …

Background Uganda's maternal mortality remains unacceptably high, with thousands of
women and newborns still dying of preventable deaths from pregnancy and childbirth …