Health services uptake among nomadic pastoralist populations in Africa: a systematic review of the literature

VM Gammino, MR Diaz, SW Pallas… - PLoS neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
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 …

The influence of contextual factors on maternal healthcare utilization in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of multilevel models

S Simona, C Lumamba, F Moyo, E Ng'andu, M Phiri - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Abstract Introduction Sub-Saharan Africa still bears the heaviest burden of maternal mortality
among the regions of the world, with an estimated 201,000 (66%) women dying annually …

Women's autonomy and maternal healthcare service utilization in Ethiopia

FN Tiruneh, KY Chuang, YC Chuang - BMC health services research, 2017 - Springer
Background Most previous studies on healthcare service utilization in low-income countries
have not used a multilevel study design to address the importance of community-level …

Trends and causes of maternal mortality in Ethiopia during 1990–2013: findings from the Global Burden of Diseases study 2013

GA Tessema, CO Laurence, YA Melaku, A Misganaw… - BMC public health, 2017 - Springer
Background Maternal mortality is noticeably high in sub-Saharan African countries including
Ethiopia. Continuous nationwide systematic evaluation and assessment of the problem …

Prevalence of disrespect and abuse during facility based child birth and associated factors, Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia

A Siraj, W Teka, H Hebo - BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2019 - Springer
Background In countries where the proportion of births attended by skilled providers is low,
maternal mortality is high. According to the 2016 EDHS report, the proportion of births …

Service providers' experiences of disrespectful and abusive behavior towards women during facility based childbirth in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

A Asefa, D Bekele, A Morgan, M Kermode - Reproductive health, 2018 - Springer
Background Disrespect and abuse (D&A) of women during childbirth by the attending staff in
health facilities has been widely reported in many countries. Although D&A in labor rooms is …

Determinants of home delivery in Nepal–A disaggregated analysis of marginalised and non-marginalised women from the 2016 Nepal Demographic and Health …

B Devkota, J Maskey, AR Pandey, D Karki, P Godwin… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Introduction In Nepal, a substantial proportion of women still deliver their child at home.
Disparities have been observed in utilisation of institutional delivery and skilled birth …

Determinants of institutional delivery service utilization in Ethiopia: a population based cross sectional study

Y Berelie, D Yeshiwas, L Yismaw, M Alene - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Background The incidence of maternal mortality remains unacceptably high in developing
countries. Ethiopia has developed many strategies to reduce maternal and child mortality by …

Determinant factors of home delivery among women in Northern Ethiopia: a case control study

R Tsegay, A Aregay, K Kidanu, M Alemayehu… - BMC public health, 2017 - Springer
Background Maternal mortality remains a major challenge to health systems worldwide.
Although most pregnancies and births are uneventful, approximately 15% of all pregnant …

Individual and community level factors associated with unintended pregnancy among pregnant women in Ethiopia

LB Zeleke, AA Alemu, EA Kassahun, BY Aynalem… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Unintended pregnancy is among the major challenges of public health and a major
reproductive health issue, due to its implications on the health, economic and social life of a …