This paper examines inequalities in access to maternal health care services and identifies demographic and socio-economic factors associated with poor maternal health outcomes using data from five Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in Ghana (2003), Kenya (2003), Nigeria (2003), Uganda (2000-2001) and Zambia (2001-2002). The six maternal health care indicators show that rural women are more disadvantaged than urban women. Home deliveries comprise more than half of total births. Getting money for treatment stands out as the most important problem women have in accessing health care. In general, Nigerian women experience poorer maternal health outcomes than women in the other four countries. Maternal educational attainment, urban/rural r...
Background and aim: Evidence in the literature indicates that maternal health care by a skilled birt...
Reducing maternal mortality continues to be a major challenge for African countries. We conducted a ...
Background: Maternal mortality trends in developing world has failed to reduce significantly despite...
This paper examines inequalities in access to maternal health care services and identifies demograph...
Background: Although gender inequality is often cited as a barrier to improving maternal health in s...
Maternal mortality ratio in Nigeria is still high despite the initiation of the safe motherhood init...
Background Maternal mortality has remained a challenge in many low income countries, especially in ...
TH"enty three years after the safe motherhood initiative, maternal mortality is still soaring, as mo...
Maternal mortality in Nigeria is unacceptably high. Some of the reasons may include poor socioeconom...
Poor Maternal Health (MH) remains an issue of public health concern in Nigeria. This study identifie...
INTRODUCTION 1.1. PROBLEM STATEMENT The number of women dying annually from pregnancy, childbirth ...
Poor knowledge of socio-demographic factors limit access and utilization of health care services amo...
At the conclusion of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG...
Women in Sub-Saharan Africa face significant clinical and socio-demographic challenges that translat...
BACKGROUND: Even though maternal mortality, which is a pregnancy-related death is preventable, it ha...
Background and aim: Evidence in the literature indicates that maternal health care by a skilled birt...
Reducing maternal mortality continues to be a major challenge for African countries. We conducted a ...
Background: Maternal mortality trends in developing world has failed to reduce significantly despite...
This paper examines inequalities in access to maternal health care services and identifies demograph...
Background: Although gender inequality is often cited as a barrier to improving maternal health in s...
Maternal mortality ratio in Nigeria is still high despite the initiation of the safe motherhood init...
Background Maternal mortality has remained a challenge in many low income countries, especially in ...
TH"enty three years after the safe motherhood initiative, maternal mortality is still soaring, as mo...
Maternal mortality in Nigeria is unacceptably high. Some of the reasons may include poor socioeconom...
Poor Maternal Health (MH) remains an issue of public health concern in Nigeria. This study identifie...
INTRODUCTION 1.1. PROBLEM STATEMENT The number of women dying annually from pregnancy, childbirth ...
Poor knowledge of socio-demographic factors limit access and utilization of health care services amo...
At the conclusion of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG...
Women in Sub-Saharan Africa face significant clinical and socio-demographic challenges that translat...
BACKGROUND: Even though maternal mortality, which is a pregnancy-related death is preventable, it ha...
Background and aim: Evidence in the literature indicates that maternal health care by a skilled birt...
Reducing maternal mortality continues to be a major challenge for African countries. We conducted a ...
Background: Maternal mortality trends in developing world has failed to reduce significantly despite...