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Development and testing of a composite index to monitor the continuum of maternal health service delivery at provincial and district level in South Africa
(Public Library of Science, 2021)
The continuum of care is a recommended framework for comprehensive health service
delivery for maternal health, and it integrates health system and social determinants of
health. There is a current lack of knowledge on ...
Global core indicators for measuring WHO’s paediatric quality‑of‑care standards in health facilities: Development and expert consensus
(BMC, 2022)
There are currently no global recommendations on a parsimonious and robust set of indicators that
can be measured routinely or periodically to monitor quality of hospital care for children and young adolescents. We
describe ...
Facilitating factors and barriers to kangaroo mother care utilisation in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review
(AOSIS, 2021)
Kangaroo mother care (KMC) has been widely adopted in low-and middleincome
countries (LMICs) to minimise low birthweight infants’ (LBWIs) adverse outcomes.
However, the burden of neonatal and child mortality remains ...
Aspirations and realities of intergovernmental collaboration in national- level interventions: Insights from maternal, neonatal and child health policy processes in Nigeria, 2009– 2019
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2023)
In Nigeria’s federal government system, national policies
assign concurrent healthcare responsibilities across
constitutionally arranged government levels. Hence,
national policies, formulated for adoption by states
for ...
Utilisation of private general practitioners to provide caesarean deliveries in five rural district public hospitals in South Africa: A mixed-methods study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2023)
Researching how public–private engagements
may promote universal access to safe obstetric care
including caesarean delivery is essential. The aim of this
research was to document the utilisation of private general
pr ...
Aspirations and realities of intergovernmental collaboration in national- level interventions: Insights from maternal, neonatal and child health policy processes in Nigeria, 2009– 2019
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2023)
In Nigeria’s federal government system, national policies
assign concurrent healthcare responsibilities across
constitutionally arranged government levels. Hence,
national policies, formulated for adoption by states
for ...
National-level key stakeholders’ perspectives regarding intervention progression and emerging challenges within the national stillbirth reduction response in Uganda
(Public Library of Science, 2023)
Implementation of evidence-based interventions was adopted to respond to the stillbirth burden
from the global campaigns. However, new challenges emerge in the process of rolling
out such interventions into routine ...
Intervention in mothers and newborns to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality in 3 provinces in South Africa using a quality improvement approach: Protocol for a mixed method type 2 hybrid evaluation
(JMIR Publications, 2023)
The COVID-19 pandemic undermined gains in reducing maternal and perinatal mortality in South Africa. The
Mphatlalatsane Initiative is a health system intervention to reduce mortality and morbidity in women and newborns ...