The impact of armed conflict on utilisation of health services in north-west Syria: an observational study

A Ekzayez, Y Alhaj Ahmad, H Alhaleb, F Checchi - Conflict and health, 2021 - Springer
Background Armed conflicts are known to have detrimental impact on availability and
accessibility of health services. However, little is known on potential impact on utilisation of …

Implications of armed conflict for maternal and child health: A regression analysis of data from 181 countries for 2000–2019

M Jawad, T Hone, EP Vamos, V Cetorelli… - PLoS Medicine, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Armed conflicts have major indirect health impacts in addition to the direct
harms from violence. They create enduring political instability, destabilise health systems …

Exposure to different types of mass media and timing of antenatal care initiation: insights from the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey

Q Sserwanja, LM Mutisya, MW Musaba - BMC women's health, 2022 - Springer
Background Early initiation of antenatal care (ANC) within the first trimester is highly
recommended in the current 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. Mass …

Factors associated with health facility utilization during childbirth among 15 to 49-year-old women in Uganda: evidence from the Uganda demographic health survey …

Q Sserwanja, D Mukunya, MW Musaba… - BMC Health Services …, 2021 - Springer
Background Almost all maternal deaths and related morbidities occur in low-income
countries. Childbirth supervised by a skilled provider in a health facility is a key intervention …

Armed conflict and maternal health care utilization: evidence from the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria

A Chukwuma, UE Ekhator-Mobayode - Social Science & Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Retention in maternal health care is essential to decreasing preventable mortality. By
reducing access to care, armed conflicts such as the Boko Haram Insurgency (BHI) …

Dimensions of women empowerment on access to antenatal care in Uganda: a further analysis of the Uganda demographic health survey 2016

Q Sserwanja, R Nabbuye… - The International journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Women empowerment has been viewed as a good strategy in the reduction of
global maternal morbidity and mortality. Most of the recent studies in Uganda have focussed …

Perceived barriers to utilization of antenatal care services in northern Uganda: a qualitative study

CS Uldbjerg, S Schramm, FO Kaducu, E Ovuga… - Sexual & Reproductive …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Antenatal care (ANC) utilization remains a challenge in efforts to reduce maternal
mortality and improve maternal health in Uganda. This study aimed to identify perceived …

Protracted armed conflict and maternal health: a scoping review of literature and a retrospective analysis of primary data from northwest Syria

S Basha, A Socarras, MW Akhter, M Hamze… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Syria's protracted conflict has devastated the health system reversing progress
made on maternal health preconflict. Our aim is to understand the state of maternal health in …

Maternal and child access to care and intensity of conflict in the occupied Palestinian territory: a pseudo-longitudinal analysis (2000–2014)

T Leone, D Alburez-Gutierrez, R Ghandour, E Coast… - Conflict and …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background In the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), access to maternal and child
healthcare (MCH) services are constrained due to the prolonged Israeli military occupation …

Inequity in the face of success: understanding geographic and wealth-based equity in success of facility-based delivery for under-5 mortality reduction in six countries

JT Ntawukuriryayo, A VanderZanden, A Amberbir… - BMC pediatrics, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Between 2000–2015, many low-and middle-income countries (LMICs)
implemented evidence-based interventions (EBIs) known to reduce under-5 mortality (U5M) …