Background Ensuring women have access to good quality Emergency Obstetric Care (EOC)
is a key strategy to reducing maternal and newborn deaths. Minimum coverage rates are …

Objective To establish a baseline for the availability, utilisation and quality of maternal and
neonatal health care services for monitoring and evaluation of a maternal and neonatal …

Twenty-five years have passed since the global community agreed in Nairobi to address the
high maternal mortality by implementing the Safe Motherhood Initiative. However, every year …

Background While emergency obstetric and neonatal care (EmONC) is a proxy indicator for
monitoring maternal and perinatal mortalities, in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) …

Background As part of efforts to reduce maternal deaths in Karnataka state, India, there has
been a concerted effort to increase institutional deliveries. However, little is known about the …

Objective: This paper examines the availability of basic and comprehensive emergency
obstetric care (EmOC), interventions used to treat direct obstetric complications. Determining …

Objective To report the availability, utilization, and quality of emergency obstetric care
(EmOC) services in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Methods Between June and July 2012, a cross …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the availability, accessibility, utilization, and quality of emergency
obstetric care (EmOC) services in Malawi. METHODS: A complete enumeration was made of …

Aim: To assess the functionality of healthcare facilities with respect to providing the signal
functions of basic and comprehensive emergency obstetric care in 12 districts. Setting …

The article summarises the baseline assessments of emergency obstetric care (EmOC)
carried out in Uganda, Kenya, Southern Sudan, and Rwanda in 2003 and 2004. Objectives …