Quality of antenatal and childbirth care in selected rural health facilities in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Tanzania: Similar finding

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 534-547

  Duysburgh, E ^a   Zhang, W H ^a   Ye, M ^b   Williams, A ^c   Massawe, S ^d   Sie A ^b   Williams, J ^c   Mpembeni, R ^d   Loukanova, S ^e   Temmerman, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN SANTÉ DE NOUNA   (Burkina Faso)

^c NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^d MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Childbirth; Emergency obstetric care; Haemorrhage; Maternal and newborn health; Obstructed labour; Pre eclampsia eclampsia; Quality of care; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN RESOURCE; MATERNAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FORCEPS; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TANZANIA; VACUUM EXTRACTOR; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURKINA FASO; COUNSELING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

BURKINA FASO; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 84876077953     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12076     Document Type: Article

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