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Socioeconomic inequalities in the uptake of maternal healthcare services in Ethiopia

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background The progress in coverage of maternal health services in Ethiopia has been rather slow over the past decade and consequently the maternal mortality ratio was very high (673 per 100,000 live births) among the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and ...
Markos Mezmur, Kannan Navaneetham, Gobopamang Letamo, Hadgu Bariagaber   +3 more
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Geographic Access and Maternal Health Services Utilization in Sélingué Health District, Mali

Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2020
Introduction Maternal mortality is one of the main causes of death for women of childbearing age in Mali, and improving this outcome is slow, even in regions with relatively good geographic access to care.
Moctar Tounkara, O. Sangho, Madeleine Beebe, Lillian Whiting-Collins, Rebecca R. Goins, Hannah C. Marker, P. Winch, S. Doumbia   +7 more
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Utilization of maternal health services and its determinants: a cross-sectional study among women in rural Uttar Pradesh, India

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2019
BackgroundProper utilization of antenatal and postnatal care services plays an important role in reducing the maternal mortality ratio and infant mortality rate.
Ranjana Singh, S. Neogi, A. Hazra, L. Irani, J. Ruducha, Danish Ahmad, Sampath Kumar, N. Mann, D. Mavalankar   +8 more
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Facilitators and barriers to the implementation of a Mobile Health Wallet for pregnancy-related health care: A qualitative study of stakeholders’ perceptions in Madagascar [PDF]

, 2020
Financial barriers are a major obstacle to accessing maternal health care services in low-resource settings. In Madagascar, less than half of live births are attended by skilled health staff.
Bärnighausen, Till, Emmrich, Julius V., Funke, Alexej, Knauss, Samuel, Lacroze, Etienne, McMahon, Shannon A., Muller, Nadine, Neve, Jan-Walter De, Rajemison, Elsa N.   +8 more
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Maternal deaths in Pakistan : intersection of gender, class and social exclusion. [PDF]

, 2011
Background: A key aim of countries with high maternal mortality rates is to increase availability of competent maternal health care during pregnancy and childbirth.
A De Haan, A Winkwist, Afshan Bhatti, C Geertz, D Lepianka, D Narayan, D Wainwright, DR Gwatkin, F Fikree, G Benagiano, Government of Pakistan, H Silver, H Silver, IH Shah, J Cook, J Shiffman, L Freedman, Laura Shanner, Lory Laing, M Hogan, M Islam, M Koblinsky, N Kabeer, National Institute of Population Studies Pakistan, O Campbell, P Morgan, R Hegde, S Ahmed, S Ahmed, S Razavi, Sarah Salway, SN Jafarey, T Houweling, W Kipling, WHO, WHO, Y Sayed, Z Mumtaz, Z Mumtaz, Zubia Mumtaz   +39 more
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Maternal health care-seeking behaviour of married adolescent girls: A prospective qualitative study in Banke District, Nepal.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundNepal has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the South Asia region, partly due to the underutilization of maternal health services and the high number of adolescent pregnancies. This study explores married Nepali adolescent girls'
Asm Shahabuddin, Therèse Delvaux, Christiana Nöstlinger, Malabika Sarker, Azucena Bardají, Alyssa Sharkey, Ramesh Adhikari, Sushil Koirala, Md Asadur Rahman, Tahrima Mridha, Jacqueline E W Broerse, Vincent De Brouwere   +11 more
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Evaluation of the impact of the Mother and Infant Health Project in Ukraine [PDF]

, 2009
This paper exploits a unique opportunity to evaluate the impact of the quality change in the labor and delivery services brought about by the Mother and Infant Health Project in Ukraine.
Nizalova, Olena, Vyshnya, Maria
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Maternal health service utilization from urban health extension professionals and associated factors among women who gave birth in the last one year in Ambo town, Oromia regional state, Ethiopia, 2018

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Despite the existence of urban and rural health extension workers maternal mortality and morbidity remain, as a public health problem in Ethiopia.
Kebede Megerssa Berri, Yeshi Kumera Adaba, Teka Girma Tarefasa, Nagasa Dida Bededa, Daniel Belema Fekene   +4 more
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Determinants of maternal health services utilization in Uganda [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2015
Los deficientes indicadores de salud materna de Uganda se han debido a la deficiente prestación de servicios de salud materna, incluido el acceso a la planificación familiar de calidad, la asistencia cualificada al parto, la atención obstétrica de emergencia y la atención posnatal para madres y recién nacidos.
Gideon Rutaremwa, Stephen Ojiambo Wandera, Tapiwa Jhamba, Edith Akiror, Angela Kiconco   +4 more
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Sociodemographic characteristics associated with the utilization of maternal health services in Cambodia

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Cambodia is a Southeast Asian country and has one the highest rates of maternal and child mortality with inadequate use of maternal healthcare services in the region.
Donghua Zhou, Zhonghe Zhou, Cheng Yang, L. Ji, B. Ghose, Shangfeng Tang   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source