Experiences of a multiple intervention trial to increase maternity care access in rural Tanzania : focus group findings with women, nurses and community health workers

Multiple intervention strategies help women access maternity care services in rural locations and need to be designed within the local context. The interventions in this study comprised workshops with nurses to encourage respectful care of women, and transportation subsidies in order for women to reach health facilities. Community health workers (CHW) were trained to educate couples about safe birthing options using m-health applications, to collaborate with nurses to distribute clean birth kits with misoprostol (for postpartum haemorrhage prevention) and to hold village meetings to shift community norms. This article reports on the experiences of women, community health workers and nurses during the study.Global Affairs Canada (GAC)Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR