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Perinatal outcomes of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy at a tertiary hospital in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy remain a major global health issue not only because of the associated high adverse maternal …
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Health professional’s knowledge and use of the partograph in public health institutions in eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: The partograph is a vital tool for health professionals who need to be able to identify pathological labor. It …
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Folic acid usage and associated factors in the prevention of neural tube defects among pregnant women in Ethiopia: cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Neural tube defects are among the most common birth defects, contributing to miscarriage, infant mortality, severe congenital abnormalities and …
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Impact of multi-professional, scenario-based training on postpartum hemorrhage in Tanzania: a quasi-experimental, pre- vs. post-intervention study
BACKGROUND: Tanzania has a relatively high maternal mortality ratio of 410 per 100,000 live births. Severe postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is …
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Obstetric care providers’ knowledge, practice and associated factors towards active management of third stage of labor in Sidama Zone, South Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Active management of third stage of labor played a great role to prevent child birth related hemorrhage. However, maternal …
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Signal functions for emergency obstetric care as an intervention for reducing maternal mortality: a survey of public and private health facilities in Lusaka District, Zambia
BACKGROUND: Zambia's maternal mortality ratio was estimated at 398/100,000 live births in 2014. Successful aversion of deaths is dependent on …
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Determinants of pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia among women attending delivery Services in Selected Public Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a case control study
BACKGROUND: Pre-eclampsia is a pregnancy-specific hypertensive disorder usually occurs after 20 weeks of gestation. It is one of the leading …
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Institutional maternal and perinatal deaths: a review of 40 low and middle income countries
BACKGROUND: Understanding the magnitude and clinical causes of maternal and perinatal mortality are basic requirements for positive change. Facility-based information …
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Clinical performance and patient outcome after simulation-based training in prevention and management of postpartum haemorrhage: an educational intervention study in a low-resource setting
BACKGROUND: Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is a major cause of maternal mortality. Prevention and adequate treatment are therefore important. However, most …
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Principles and processes behind promoting awareness of rights for quality maternal care services: a synthesis of stakeholder experiences and implementation factors
BACKGROUND: Promoting awareness of rights is a value-based process that entails a different way of thinking and acting, which is …
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Implementing the WHO integrated tool to assess quality of care for mothers, newborns and children: results and lessons learnt from five districts in Malawi
BACKGROUND: In 2014 the World Health Organization (WHO) developed a new tool to be used to assess the quality of …
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Trial of labour or elective repeat caesarean delivery:are women making an informed decision at Kenyatta national hospital?
BACKGROUND: Trial of labour is a safe option for most women after one previous caesarean delivery. However, the proportion of …
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Maternal and perinatal outcome after previous caesarean section in rural Rwanda
BACKGROUND: Offering a trial of labor (ToL) after previous caesarean section (CS) is an important strategy to reduce short- and …
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Quality of Midwife-provided Intrapartum Care in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Despite much progress recently, Ethiopia remains one of the largest contributors to the global burden of maternal and newborn …
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Patterns and determinants of pathways to reach comprehensive emergency obstetric and neonatal care (CEmONC) in South Sudan: qualitative diagrammatic pathway analysis
BACKGROUND: Maternity referral systems have been under-documented, under-researched, and under-theorised. Responsive emergency referral systems and appropriate transportation are cornerstones in …
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Knowledge of obstetric danger signs among recently-delivered women in Chamwino district, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Low knowledge of danger signs has been shown to delay seeking obstetric care which leads to high maternal mortality …
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Understanding the implementation of maternity waiting homes in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative thematic synthesis
BACKGROUND: Maternity waiting homes (MWHs) are accommodations located near a health facility where women can stay towards the end of …
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Midwives’ and patients’ perspectives on disrespect and abuse during labor and delivery care in Ethiopia: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: It is increasingly recognized that disrespect and abuse of women during labor and delivery is a violation of a …
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Evaluating the comparative effectiveness of different demand side interventions to increase maternal health service utilization and practice of birth spacing in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: an innovative, mixed methods approach
BACKGROUND: In this protocol we describe a mixed methods study in the province of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo …
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Women’s satisfaction with intrapartum care in St Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College Addis Ababa Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Satisfaction during intrapartum care is the most influential attribute on maternal health service return behaviors and utilization. Measuring satisfaction …