The estimated 50 million nomadic pastoralists in Africa are among the most “hard-to-reach”
populations for health-service delivery. While data are limited, some studies have identified …

Background The study was conducted to explore challenges faced by trained informal
health providers referring individuals with suspected mental disorders for treatment, and …

Background Reducing maternal mortality remains a significant challenge in Indonesia,
especially for achieving the country's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. One …

Background As a result of financial barriers to the utilization of Maternal and Child Health
(MCH) services, the Government of Sierra Leone launched the Free Health Care Initiative …

Backgrund Marginalized groups, such as nomadic populations across the world, have
perhaps the least access to modern reproductive health (RH) services. This scoping review …

Background The underutilization of formal, evidence-based maternal health services
continues to contribute to poor maternal outcomes among women living in rural Africa …

Objectives Maternal and neonatal healthcare outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remain
poor despite decades of different health service delivery interventions and stakeholder …

Objective Despite many efforts put by the Government to ensure that women give birth in
health facilities under trained personnel supervision; statistics suggest that ward 2 in …

BACKGROUND: The influence of socio-cultural factors on institutional birth is not sufficiently
documented in Ethiopia. Thus, this study explores socio-cultural beliefs and practices during …

Background Power imbalances are a key driver of avoidable, unfair and unjust differences in
health. Devolution shifts the balance of power in health systems. Intersectionality …