Background: In the perspective of married women's psychological and physiological health
many assumptions have been made to explain for their increased vulnerability to certain …

Background The aim of the study was to assess whether a more context-specific modified
version of WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist (mSCC) would result in improved adoption rate …

Despite global improvements in maternal mortality and morbidity over recent decades, rates
remain substantial in lower-resource settings. Over the period 1990 to 2017, the global …

Background Evidence-based practices that reduce childbirth-related morbidity and mortality
are core processes to quality of care. In the BetterBirth trial, a matched-pair, cluster …

Background Childbirth is a complex process, and checklists are useful tools to remember
steps of such complex processes. The World Health Organization safe childbirth checklist is …

Objectives Vital to implementation of the World Health Organization (WHO) Safe Childbirth
Checklist (SCC), designed to improve delivery of 28 essential birth practices (EBPs), is the …

Background: Coaching can improve the quality of care in primary-level birth facilities and
promote birth attendant adherence to essential birth practices (EBPs) that reduce maternal …

Background Women delivering in health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa and their newborns
do not always receive proven interventions needed to prevent and/or adequately manage …

Background: New-born mortality is high in Africa, including in Mozambique (67.3 deaths of
children less than one year of age per 1000 live births, 2017). One important factor to reduce …

Background New-born morbidity and mortality are high in Africa, including Mozambique.
One important factor to reduce this public health burden is ensuring the frequency and …