Promoting respectful maternity care: challenges and prospects from the perspectives of midwives at a tertiary health facility in Ghana

VM Dzomeku, ABB Mensah, EK Nakua… - BMC Pregnancy and …, 2022 - Springer
Background Evidence shows that women in Ghana experience disrespectful care (slapping,
pinching, being shouted at, etc.) from midwives during childbirth. Hence, evidence-based …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of malaria parasitaemia in school-aged children and pregnant women in endemic settings of sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta …

G Makenga, S Menon, V Baraka, DTR Minja… - Parasite Epidemiology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite increased malaria control efforts, school-aged children (5–14 years) have higher a
malaria prevalence compared to children under-five. In high-transmission settings, up to …

Determinants of completing recommended antenatal care utilization in sub-Saharan from 2006 to 2018: evidence from 36 countries using Demographic and Health …

ZT Tessema, AB Teshale, GA Tesema… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Every day in 2017, approximately 810 women died from preventable causes
related to pregnancy and childbirth, with 99% of these maternal deaths occurring in low and …

Adopting Andersen's behavior model to identify factors influencing maternal healthcare service utilization in Bangladesh

MR Kabir - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Equitable maternal healthcare service access and it's optimum utilization
remains a challenge for many developing countries like Bangladesh, and different …

Prevalence and determinants of maternal healthcare utilisation among young women in sub-Saharan Africa: cross-sectional analyses of demographic and health …

LE Bain, RG Aboagye, RK Dowou, EJ Kongnyuy… - BMC public health, 2022 - Springer
Background Maternal health constitutes high priority agenda for governments across the
world. Despite efforts by various governments in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the sub-region …

Education, employment, economic status and empowerment: Implications for maternal health care services utilization in India

AK Yadav, B Sahni, PK Jena - Journal of Public Affairs, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of Education, Employment, Economic Status
and Empowerment (introduced as the 4Es) and other explanatory socio‐demographic …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of home birth among 880,345 women in 67 low-and middle-income countries: a meta-analysis of demographic and health surveys

A Hernández-Vásquez, H Chacón-Torrico… - SSM-population …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of home birth in low-
middle income countries (LMIC) according to geographic area and sociodemographic …

Are Ghanaian women meeting the WHO recommended maternal healthcare (MCH) utilisation? Evidence from a national survey

EK Ameyaw, KS Dickson, KS Adde - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background To achieve the Sustainable Development Goal target 3.1, the World
Health Organisation recommends that all pregnant women receive antenatal care (ANC) …

Trends and projections of under-5 mortality in Bangladesh including the effects of maternal high-risk fertility behaviours and use of healthcare services

MA Khan, N Khan, O Rahman, G Mustagir, K Hossain… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Objective This study examines trends and puts forward projections of under-5 mortality
(U5M) in Bangladesh and identifies the effects of maternal high-risk fertility behaviours and …

Health facility delivery among women of reproductive age in Nigeria: Does age at first birth matter?

OA Bolarinwa, E Fortune, RG Aboagye, AA Seidu… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background High maternal mortality ratio in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been linked to
inadequate medical care for pregnant women due to limited health facility delivery …