Respectful maternity care is recommended by the World Health Organization and refers to
care that maintains dignity, privacy, confidentiality, ensures freedom from harm and …

Background Although mistreatment of women during facility-based childbirth has received
increasing recognition as a critical issue throughout the world, there remains a lack of …

Background Women across the world are mistreated during childbirth. We aimed to develop
and implement evidence-informed, validated tools to measure mistreatment during …

This up-to-date, comprehensive and consolidated guideline on essential intrapartum care
brings together new and existing WHO recommendations that, when delivered as a …

Background Several qualitative studies have described disrespectful, abusive, and
neglectful treatment of women during facility-based childbirth, but few studies document the …

Concerns about disrespect and abuse (D&A) experienced by women during institutional
birth have become critical to the discourse on maternal health. The rapid growth of the field …

Background Global efforts have increased facility-based childbirth, but substantial barriers
remain in some settings. In Nigeria, women report that poor provider attitudes influence their …

Background Disrespect and abuse of women during institutional childbirth services is one of
the deterrents to utilization of maternity care services in Ethiopia and other low-and middle …

Obstetric violence has not received the same amount of interest as other forms of violence
against women (VAW). We assess the prevalence and factors associated with experiences …

An equity lens to maternal health has typically focused on assessing the differences in
coverage and use of healthcare services and critical interventions. While this approach is …