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Beyond the guidelines: participants’ perspectives on sustained MPDSR implementation in Nigeria, North Macedonia, and Sri Lanka

Palestra F, Hanson C, Mognato E, Oladapo S, Jayaratne K,  et al.
2025-10-06 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2025-10-06 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) was developed as a quality improvement intervention to reduce preventable maternal and...

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Lessons learned from applying a “Rapid Maternal Death Surveillance and Response” tool in conflict-affected Tigray, Ethiopia

Black B, Rijnberg N, Solomon K, Kahsay D, Gebru M,  et al.
2025-10-06 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2025-10-06 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Women in humanitarian settings face high maternal mortality, yet Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) systems are lacking. Medical teams in Tigray, Ethiopia, designed and p...

Determinants of attendance in antenatal care clinics in rural settings in Mali and Burkina Faso: a cross-sectional study

Bognini JD, Koita K, N’takpe JB, Bihoun B, Dembélé M,  et al.
2025-04-14 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2025-04-14 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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Since 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a minimum of eight antenatal care (ANC) contacts during pregnancy, replacing the prev...

Impact of postpartum maternal fever or hypothermia on newborn and early infant illness and death in Southwestern Uganda

Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Adong J, Arinaitwe R, Nanjebe D, Orikiriza P,  et al.
2024-08-27 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2024-08-27 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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Deaths ...

Evaluation of maternal and child care continuum in Guinea: a secondary analysis of two demographic and health surveys using the composite coverage index (CCI)

Cisse D, Toure AA, Diallo AK, Goungounga JA, Kadio KJJO,  et al.
2023-05-27 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2023-05-27 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
INTRODUCTION
The composite coverage index (CCI) is the weighted average coverage of eight preventive and curative interventions received along the maternal and childcare continuum. T...

High severity of abortion complications in fragile and conflict-affected settings: a cross-sectional study in two referral hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa (AMoCo study)

Pasquier E, Owolabi OO, Fetters T, Ngbale RN, Adame Gbanzi MC,  et al.
2023-03-04 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2023-03-04 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BACKGROUND
Abortion-related complications are one of the five main causes of maternal mortality. However, research about abortion is very limited in fragile and conflict-affected set...

Estimating risk factors for three negative outcomes in pregnant women admitted to the Centre de Références et Urgences Obstétricales (CRUO) and their neonates in Port-au-Prince, Haiti between January 2013 and June 2018

Schuurmans J, Borgundvaag E, Finaldi P, Senat-Delva R, Desauguste F,  et al.
2020-11-01 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2020-11-01 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Background

The prevalence of (pre-)eclampsia in pregnant women in Haiti is high and access to maternal health services is s...

Obstetric fistula in Burundi: a comprehensive approach to managing women with this neglected disease

Tayler-Smith K, Zachariah R, Manzi M, van den Boogaard W, Vandeborne A,  et al.
2013-08-21 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2013-08-21 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BACKGROUND
In Burundi, the annual incidence of obstetric fistula is estimated to be 0.2-0.5% of all deliveries, with 1000-2000 new cases per year. Despite this relatively high incide...

Delayed access to emergency obstetrical care among preeclamptic and non-preeclamptic women in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti

Hutchinson K, Bryant M, Bachman DeSilva M, Price DJ, Sabin L,  et al.
2018-08-20 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2018-08-20 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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The primary objective of this comparative, cross-sectional study was to identify factors affecting delays in accessing emergency obstetric care and clinical consequences o...

Resilience to maintain quality of intrapartum care in war torn Yemen: a retrospective pre-post study evaluating effects of changing birth volumes in a congested frontline hospital

Obel J, Martin AIC, Mullahzada AW, Kremer R, Maaloe N
2021-01-07 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2021-01-07 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Fragile and conflict-affected states contribute with more than 60% of the global burden of maternal mortality. There is an alarming need for research exploring maternal he...

Prevalence, associated factors and clinical features of congenital syphilis among newborns in Mbarara hospital, Uganda

Oloya S, Lyczkowski D, Orikiriza P, Irama M, Boum Y II,  et al.
2020-07-02 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2020-07-02 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background
While congenital syphilis is a significant public health problem that can cause severe disabilities, little is known about the situation in Uganda. We describe prevalence...

Magnitude of screening for gestational diabetes mellitus in an urban setting in Tanzania; a cross-sectional analytic study

Mukuve A, Noorani M, Sendagire I, Mgonja M
2020-07-23 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2020-07-23 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background: Medical screening detects risk factors for disease or presence of disease in otherwise well persons in order to intervene early and reduce morbidity and mortality. During ant...

Losing women along the path to safe motherhood: why is there such a gap between women’s use of antenatal care and skilled birth attendance? A mixed methods study in northern Uganda

Anastasi E, Borchert M, Campbell O, Sondorp E, Kaducu F,  et al.
2015-11-04 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2015-11-04 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BACKGROUND
Thousands of women and newborns still die preventable deaths from pregnancy and childbirth-related complications in poor settings. Delivery with a skilled birth attendant ...

"If we miss this chance, it's futile later on" - late antenatal booking and its determinants in Bhutan: a mixed-methods study

Dorji T, Das M, Van Den Berg R, Oo MM, Gyamtsho S,  et al.
2019-05-07 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2019-05-07 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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To achieve the Sustainable Development Goal related to maternal and neonatal outcomes, the World Health Organization advocates for a first antenatal care (ANC) contact b...

Perinatal outcomes of babies delivered by second-stage caesarean section versus vacuum extraction in a resource-poor setting, Nigeria - a retrospective analysis

Eze P, Lawani LO, Chikezie RU, Ukaegbe CI, Iyoke CA
2020-05-14 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2020-05-14 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BACKGROUND
To evaluate the perinatal status of neonates delivered by assisted vaginal delivery (AVD) versus second-stage caesarean birth (CS).

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A 5-year retrospec...