The rural transport infrastructure sector is a critical force for sustainable development that is
interwoven with many other sectors. Rural transportation is an underlying driver of many of …

Background Geographic access to obstetric care facilities has a significant influence on
women's uptake of institutional delivery care. However, this effect was not consistent across …

Background For countries to contribute to Sustainable Development Goal 3.1 of reducing the
global maternal mortality ratio (MMR) to less than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030 …

Background Improving maternal and child health (MCH) remains a serious challenge for
many developing countries. Geographical accessibility from a residence to the nearest …

Over 600,000 newborns in India died in their first month of life in 2017 despite large
increases in access to maternal health services. We assess whether maternal and newborn …

Low-income countries are plagued by a high burden of preventable and curable disease as
well as unmet need for healthcare, but detailed microeconomic evidence on the relationship …

Background: With the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an increase and scaling up of
provider-to-provider telemedicine programs that connect frontline health providers such as …

Background Utilization of maternal health care services is key to reducing the number of
perinatal deaths and post-natal complications in sub-Saharan Africa. With a few exceptions …

Objectives Skilled birth attendance is the single most important intervention to reduce
maternal mortality. However, studies have not used routinely collected health service birth …

The present work on maternal healthcare in India is motivated by its current status emerging
out of limited availability and accessibility of related facilities. Planning for the required …