Although low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) shoulder 90% of the neonatal
encephalopathy (NE) burden, there is very little evidence base for prevention or …

Objective Accurate reporting of birth outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries
(LMICs) is essential. Mobile health (mHealth) tools have been proposed as a replacement …

The rapid changes in clinical maternity situations that occur in a labor and delivery unit can
lead to unpredictable maternal and newborn morbidities. Cesarean section (CS) rate is a …

While automatic speech recognition (ASR) technologies have become mature, they are
mostly being developed by industry for large scale commercial applications. There are many …

Background A partograph is a pictorial representation of the relationship between cervical
dilatation and the time used to diagnose prolonged and obstructed labor. However, the …

Objectives Efforts to improve access to healthcare in low-income countries will not achieve
the maternal and child health (MCH) Sustainable Development Goals unless a concomitant …

Since the 50 s of the last century, labor charts have been proposed and appraised as a tool
to diagnose labor abnormalities and guide decision-making. The partogram, the most widely …

To overcome shortcomings of the paper partograph, enhance care during labor and
delivery, improve record keeping, and help decision-making, several countries have focused …

Globally, high number of mothers and infants die every year during childbirth. To reduce this
problem WHO recommends use of partograph to monitor the progression of labor. However …

Partographs are one of the ways to improve labor outcomes. In the meantime, the use of
paper as media has been regarded as barriers that prevent it from fully utilized. Furthermore …