Introduction Design and provision of good quality maternity care should incorporate what
matters to childbearing women. This qualitative systematic review was undertaken to inform …

Background Psychological aspects of labor and birth have received little attention within
maternity care service planning or clinical practice. The aim of this paper is to propose a …

Доклад «Состояние сестринского дела в мире, 2020 г.: вложение средств в
образование, рабочие места и воспитание лидеров» выходит в свет в эпоху …

Quality midwifery education is urgently needed to improve quality of care, end preventable
maternal and newborn mortality and stillbirths and deliver the agenda of UHC. The evidence …

Background Strengthening the capacity of midwives to deliver high-quality maternal and
newborn health services has been highlighted as a priority by global health organisations …

On the continuum of maternal health care, two extreme situations exist: too little, too late
(TLTL) and too much, too soon (TMTS). TLTL describes care with inadequate resources …

Background Caesarean section (CS) rates continue to evoke worldwide concern because of
their steady increase, lack of consensus on the appropriate CS rate and the associated …

Background What constitutes respectful maternity care (RMC) operationally in research and
programme implementation is often variable. Objectives To develop a conceptualisation of …

In 2015, as we review progress towards Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), despite
significant progress in reduction of mortality, we still have unacceptably high numbers of …

The infant microbiome plays an essential role in human health and its assembly is
determined by maternal–offspring exchanges of microbiota. This process is affected by …