Background Skilled attendance at childbirth is crucial for decreasing maternal and neonatal
mortality, yet many women in low-and middle-income countries deliver outside of health …

Abstract Background Antenatal Care (ANC), use of skilled delivery attendants and postnatal
care (PNC) services are key maternal health services that can significantly reduce maternal …

Background Trained birth attendants at delivery are important for preventing both maternal
and newborn deaths. West Java is one of the provinces on Java Island, Indonesia, where …

Why do some societies fare well, and others poorly, at reducing the risk of early death?
Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America finds that the public …

Background The use of maternal health care is limited in India despite several programmatic
efforts for its improvement since the late 1980's. The use of maternal health care is typically …

Abstract Objective The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) are a vital data resource for
cross‐country comparative analyses. This study is part of a set of analyses assessing the …

Maternal mortality is a global burden, with more than 500,000 women dying each year due
to pregnancy and childbirth-related complications. Birth-preparedness and complication …

Skilled attendance at delivery is one of the key indicators to reflect progress toward the
Millennium Development Goal of improving maternal health. This paper assesses global …

With the objective of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality, the Safe Motherhood
Program was implemented in Nepal in 1997. It was launched as a priority programme during …

Background Studies have often ignored examining the role of community-and district-level
factors in the utilization of maternity healthcare services, particularly in Indian contexts. The …