Reducing maternal mortality and providing universal access to reproductive health in
resource poor settings has been severely constrained by a shortage of health workers …

Background Understanding the magnitude and clinical causes of maternal and perinatal
mortality are basic requirements for positive change. Facility-based information offers a …

Background Maternal mortality is among the most important public health concerns in Sub-
Saharan Africa. There is limited data on hospital-based maternal mortality in Tanzania. The …

Background Maternal morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa remains high despite
global efforts to reduce it. In order to lower maternal morbidity and mortality in the immediate …

Introduction WHO proposes a set of organ-failure based criteria for maternal near miss. Our
objective was to evaluate what implementation of these criteria would mean for the analysis …

Background Uterine rupture is one of the most devastating complications of labour that
exposes the mother and foetus to grave danger hence contributing to the high maternal and …

Background Critical incident audit and feedback are recommended interventions to improve
the quality of obstetric care. To evaluate the effect of audit at district level in Thyolo, Malawi …

Objectives The maternal near-miss case review (NMCR) has been promoted by WHO as an
approach to improve quality of care (QoC) at facility level. This systematic review …

Background Many interventions have been implemented to improve maternal health
outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Currently, however, systematic information on the …

We reviewed the evidence on the duration, causes and effects of delays in providing
emergency obstetric care to women attending health facilities (the third delay) in low‐and …